The Pennsylvania LoCo Team has been appproved!

We've done it! Below find the transcript from the event where the Pennsylvania Local Community was approved by the Ubuntu Community Council.

Everyone on the team deserves a huge round of applause! I am honored and proud to be working with such great people.

03:51	jsgotangco	ok let's move to pennsylvania
03:52	jsgotangco	yay
03:52	Ubuntuser	:D
03:52	jsgotangco	Zic: i doubt he'll come today
03:52	cypherbios	Sounds really great! Thanks all!
03:52	rpereira	:-)
03:52	freelancer317	That's us! I'm the team contact!
03:52	dholbach	congratulations :)
03:52	freelancer317	Our application page is http://wiki.ubuntu.com/PennsylvaniaTeam/ApprovalApplication
03:52	Zic	jsgotangco: ok ... thx
03:52	jsgotangco	Bret?
03:52	freelancer317	Congrats to Brazil!
03:52	jsgotangco	ahh
03:52	pleia2	I'm here for pennsylvania too :)
03:52	AndreNoel	thanks!!
03:52	freelancer317	That's me
03:52	OgMaciel	:)
03:52	jedijf	pa here
03:52	rpereira	Thanks everybody. :)
03:52	Joe_CoT	I'm not from Pennsylvania, but i live very close!
03:52	jedijf	congrats serbia and brazil!!
03:52	lamalex	PA here
=== etank is cheering for pennsylvania \o/
03:52	Ubuntuser	this is begin... ;)
03:52	teddy-dbear	Pa here
03:52	freelancer317	Thank you for the opportunity to review our application to become and approved Local Community Team! First off we wouldn't be here if it wasn't for the great people who have joined this team, and although I started it, without them, there would be no application in front of you now, nor would there be for a very long time.
=== andrew is here for PA
03:53	freelancer317	The US-Pennsylvania LoCo Team was established in March by freelancer317 (Bret Fledderjohn) with the assistance of Vorian (Ohio Team Contact). Since that time, we have grown to 51 direct members on Launchpad. We have also established strong bonds with active LUGs, had four successful events, and are building several ongoing projects and events which will not only spread the word about Ubuntu, but also (in many
03:53	freelancer317	cases) will help make our local communities better places.
03:54	freelancer317	http://www.meetlinux.com is our website.
03:54	dholbach	what has the team been concentrating on in the last time? how did you find new members?
03:54	freelancer317	We've initially been working with LUGs and several Nonprofits
03:55	lamalex	We've been working with a lot of non-profits to help under priveleged people benefit from technology and free software
03:55	freelancer317	the forum and Launchpad have also been attracting alot of attention
03:55	jedijf	and with local lugs to cross-promote events
03:55	freelancer317	We had a joint installfest with the Central PA LUG and we had our own installfest in Philly
03:55	jsgotangco	i see lots of activites with non-profits on the website
=== jwendell [n=wendell@ubuntu/member/wendell] has left #ubuntu-meeting ["Bye"]
03:56	jedijf	that is an ongoing thing - now that we've started relationships, the projects flow from one to the next
=== myriam_rs cheers for US-Pennsilvania LoCo Team too!
03:57	dholbach	that sounds good - launchpad says you have 55 members - do you have a chance to meet often as a team?
03:57	pleia2	thanks myriam_rs :)
03:57	freelancer317	We are also putting together a statewide media contact list, and will have a subteam working on distributing press releases and interacting with the media
03:57	lamalex	not in person as a whole team
03:57	lamalex	pennsylvania is a large state
03:57	freelancer317	dholbach outside of irc meetings, no
03:57	jedijf	weekly irc chats
03:57	lamalex	wednesday nights, 8:30pm est
03:57	jedijf	and active daily irc contact
03:57	jsgotangco	yeah i saw the calendar
03:57	freelancer317	we have subteams that cover the different regions
03:58	Vorian	Pennsylvania has been doing wonderful things in the name of Ubuntu. I strongly recommend them for a +1
03:58	freelancer317	Thanks Vorian
03:58	jsgotangco	how is the team preparing for SFD?
=== etank agrees with Vorian
03:58	jedijf	we are promoting a major event with PACS - phila area computer society -
03:58	lamalex	philly team is working with the philly area computer society for a large bbq/speech/party
03:59	freelancer317	Well, there is an event being planned up in the northeastern part of the state. Philly is planning a big thing with PACS, and Harrisburg is working with CPULG
03:59	jedijf	providing a speaker and demonstrations from 8 am to 3 pm
03:59	freelancer317	oops cplug
03:59	lamalex	:P
03:59	freelancer317	we hope to have an event in most major cities and towns in PA
03:59	freelancer317	Pittsburgh is in the infancy of developing the event
04:00	dholbach	nice - the team looks well organized to me
04:00	lamalex	they are beginning to form in pittsburg
04:00	lamalex	there is interest, but it hasn't fully come together. Progress is being made and other regions are encouraging them
04:00	freelancer317	dholbach thanks! We've got a real good core group of people working to get this going
04:00	jsgotangco	a lot of stuff looks solid to me as well, but i advice taking advantage of SFD to have a big get-together, should be fun, the bbq party is a nice touch, i give my +1
04:01	dholbach	I'm happy to give a +1 for Pennsylvania as well
04:01	MikeB-	+1 for me
04:01	freelancer317	thanks dholbach and jsgotangco and MikeB!
=== georgia [n=georgia@pdpc/supporter/basic/Georgia] has joined #ubuntu-meeting
04:01	dholbach	elmo?
04:02	elmo	+1
04:02	dholbach	congratulations! :)
=== lamalex throws his cap
04:02	dholbach	ok, let's move on to member applications
04:02	myriam_rs	Congratulations from the SwissTeam to Pennsylvania LoCO Team!
04:02	pleia2	thanks everyone!
04:02	dholbach	bashelier: it's your stage
04:02	Vorian	Yay Pennsylvania!!!!!!
04:02	freelancer317	thanks myriam_rs!
04:02	Vorian	Congrats!1