The Ubuntu LoCo Council is comprised of dedicated members of the Ubuntu Community appointed by the Community Council after an open nominations period. They have diverse backgrounds, but have a firm understanding of what makes up successful LoCos. The LoCo Council was set up to govern Ubuntu LoCo teams, and utilizing their past experiences, provide guidance and help when needed to these teams and lead them by example.

The LoCo Council governs the LoCo community, make decisions on resource allocation, deals with conflict resolution and make decisions about where the project should move forward.

The LoCo Council governs the LoCo Community; responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• To provide independent guidance for the LoCo Community.

• To maintain quality of governance in the LoCo community.

• To assess and re-assess teams for verified state.

• To provide input and feedback to other Ubuntu governance boards regarding the needs and achievements of the LoCo community.

• To act as an independent, objective, third party to resolve conflict in teams by acting as mediator for a group or individuals

• To govern key LoCo resources such as mailing lists and key web properties. ie. if you log a Request Ticket (RT) regarding your LoCo and don't hear anything after 2 weeks contact us.

• Influencing and recommending how LoCo resources are allocated

• Influencing the direction and goals of the Ubuntu Project and greater LoCo Team effort

• To motivate and encourage LoCo s to be the best they can

Membership

The current membership of the council is can be found on the Launchpad group: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-lococouncil

You can reach the council via mail: loco-council<at>lists.ubuntu.com

Keep up to date with our Blog http://lococouncil.ubuntu.com/

Meetings and Business

All related on LoCo Council meetings and dealings is on the Agenda.