Russian Ubuntu LoCo Team given official status

On March 31, 2009, at 20:00 UTC, a meeting of the Ubuntu LoCo Council was held at which, among others, the question of granting Russian Ubuntu LoCo Team official status was taken (the meeting transcript: http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2009/03/ 31 /% 23ubuntu-meeting.html (21:07 - 21:40))

What is the Ubuntu LoCo Team?
Ubuntu LoCo Team (from the English. Lo cal Co mmunity - local community) is a community of Ubuntu users who are united by territorial principle. LoCo may be involved in projects such as supporting Ubuntu in their native language, general support for local users, promoting Ubuntu on their territory. However, the most important thing that LoCo does is to unite neighbors to help each other “first-hand”.

What is Russian Ubuntu LoCo Team?
The Russian Ubuntu LoCo Team is a community of Ubuntu Linux users who speak Russian and come together to promote Ubuntu among the Russian-speaking population of the Earth.
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Currently, the work of the Russian Ubuntu LoCo Team is coordinated by Dmitry Agafonov ( https://launchpad.net/~dmitry-agafonov ) and Alexey Molchanov ( https://launchpad.net/~alexey-molchanov ). Our launchpad group: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-ru/

Our main tasks :

• support for Russian-speaking users
• translation of documentation into Russian
• localization of programs included in the distribution
• Ubuntu Linux promotion in all areas of human activity
• sharing experience and resources with like-minded people
• assistance in creating LoCo Team in the field
• Spreading Ubuntu on physical media

Community Resources :

• official Russian site Ubuntu Linux ( http://ubuntu.ru/ )
• user support forum ( http://forum.ubuntu.ru/ )
• customer support mailing list ( https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ru )
• sending translators ( https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-l10n-ru )
• IRC channels ( http://ubuntu.ru/irc )

Russian Ubuntu LoCo Team, 2009