From LibrePlanet

Contents 1 Getting Started 1.1 Local Team Naming Standards 2 Setting up your team resources 2.1 Wiki 2.1.1 Badges 2.2 Starter Pack 2.3 File hosting 2.4 IRC Channel 2.5 Mailing List 2.6 Link from region page 3 Announce the team 4 Running the team

If you would like to organize and lead a LibrePlanet team, this page should have everything you need to get started.

Getting Started

• If you are starting a local team, first navigate to your regional page to see if there is already a chapter in the area.
• If you are starting a project or focus team, the name should include LibrePlanet and be as broad as possible while still being specific to it's purpose. Contact dpic at gnu.org with your proposed team
• If you would like to join a local team that does not exist, but are unable to dedicate the time to be the lead organizer, please create a temporary page using the instructions below and link to it prominently from the regional page. Instead of the normal content, however, simply include a disclaimer that the page is a temporary placeholder, a link back to this page, and a link of people interested in joining (starting with yourself) plus how to contact them once the group is established.

Please join global communication channels to keep all local efforts in contact.

Microblog: Identi.ca

IRC: #libreplanet on FreeNode

Discussion list: LibrePlanet-discuss

Development list: LibrePlanet-dev - discussing code that helps LibrePlanet teams flourish.

Local Team Naming Standards

Teams can cover a fairly large area. For example, the UK Team may have a single group for the entire country since it's a fairly small, but smaller meetings around the country can happen. For larger countries such as the United States, teams exist at a state level - the country is too big to have one single team.

Local teams should create a mailing list and IRC channel with their ISO country code) appended to the end.

United States teams should append the two-letter US Postal Code abbreviation for the relevant state (e.g. LibrePlanet-US-MA).

Canadian teams should appen the Canadian Province or Territory abbreviation for the relevant province (e.g. LibrePlanet-CA-ON, LibrePlanet-CA-PEI).

• USA Teams
  • Coverage: State-level
  • Wiki: LibrePlanet Massachusetts
  • Mailing list: LibrePlanet-US-MA
  • IRC: #lp-us-ma
• Europe
  • Coverage: Country-level
  • Wiki: LibrePlanet UK
  • Mailing list: LibrePlanet-UK
  • IRC: #lp-uk
• Canadian Teams
  • Coverage: Provincial-level
  • Wiki: LibrePlanet Ontario
  • Mailing list: LibrePlanet-CA-ON
  • IRC: #lp-ca-on
• Africa
  • Coverage: Country-level
  • Wiki: LibrePlanet South Africa
  • Mailing list: LibrePlanet-ZA
  • IRC: #lp-za
• Russia
  • Coverage: Federal subject level
  • Wiki: LibrePlanet Saint Petersburg
  • Mailing list: LibrePlanet-RU-SPB
  • IRC: #lp-ru-spb

Setting up your team resources

Every team should have the following resources set up:

Wiki

When starting your team, we recommend you create a page on the wiki which can act as your homepage. See the Massachusetts Team page for an example. Team names on the wiki should begin with "Group:". This is the 'Group' form. To add a page with this form, enter the page name below; if a page with that name already exists, you will be sent to a form to edit that page.

Your wiki should have the following details:

• Introduction - an introduction to the group, what you want to do, what you want to achieve and other things.
• Declaration - a sentence stating that the group operates in accordance with LP's mission statement, code of conduct, and rules and guidelines.
• Join - how to join the team
• Online Meetings - you should have a page that gives details of the next online IRC meeting. This page should be used to say when the next meeting is, where it is held (which IRC channel) and what the agenda is.
• Collaboration - a list of other local GNU/Linux and free software groups, plus a designated coordinator for each
• Categories - Be sure to add the LibrePlanet Teams category, as well as the categories for Regional Teams and your specific regional category or Focus Teams or Project Teams.

Badges

Badges like this one for the LibrePlanet Massachusetts team identify users using Semantic Mediawiki.

Starter Pack

Email campaigns@fsf.org for a free t-shirt, Super Sticker Mega Multi Pack, membership cards, copies of the FSF Bulletin, and flyers!

File hosting

If your group will be making documents, code, or other files available, consider using a free software hosting service designed for this. You can register a project at Savannah, the official development hosting site for the GNU Project, using the same naming standard as the mailing list. Another option is to register a Launchpad team, and then add it to the global umbrella team.

IRC Channel

IRC is a great way for the team to have real-time discussions about the group. You should register a channel on the freenode IRC network:

1. Register your nickname on freenode
2. Create the channel

Mailing List

Mailing lists are hosted by LibrePlanet at http://lists.libreplanet.org/ and each team should have one as the main communication channel for discussion and group coordination.

Email sysadmin@gnu.org to request the creation of a mailing list with the the following information and the list should be created within 2 weeks.

• List name
• Wiki page
• IRC Channel
• Admin (your) email

Link from region page

Navigate to the which your team covers, and add a main section at the top directing people to the team. See Massachusetts, USA as an example.

Announce the team

Making a big-as-possible announcement about the formation of your team is essential for the initial recruiting process. See the Media coverage section of the software freedom Activism Guide for good tips on writing a press release.

Running the team

See: here