On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Alan Dayley wrote: > The thread I started and fed a bit, "Geek/Tech/Entrepreneur Stuff to > do in PHX"[1], has spun off into the weeds of "non-Linux" and > "non-group" discussion. Some of it is very interesting but it is far > afield from the purpose of this email list. I'd like to try to pull > it back around to direct relevancy. Sorry Alan, but I started just deleting the topic because my choice is to stay out of most of the OT stuff. I am glad you are trying to refocus under a new title. I do have a suggestion below. > > > Given: > - Arizona and specifically the Phoenix valley has many > Geek/Tech/Entrepreneur events and groups. > - Some of these events and groups are weak attempts at marketing or > self-aggrandizement or creating closed clubs or sincere but misguided > dreamers. > - Some of these events and groups truly aspire to great things and > work to make them happen. > - PLUG is, perhaps, one of the later, working to help our community. > > Question: > What can we, PLUG and individual members of PLUG, do to improve > community, business, entrepreneurship and life for us in Phoenix? I don't know if this has ever been suggested in PLUG, but one thought might be to put together one or more canned presentations on Linux and/or FOSS and have a small group of presenters that can put the show on at area schools. Ideally, we could have someone familiar with the school systems to be a contact to arrange the schedules. The presentations should have a focus suitable for a school audience. If this program did well, we might then consider other target audiences and how to adapt the presentations for those audiences. > > > Comment: > I went back in the thread and read most of it. There are great ideas > there and good thinkers who don't always agree but have strong voices. > And I see a great deal of criticism. And I see little in the way of > what to DO about all the negative things mentioned. We should be > having a constructive discussion about the "right way" to grow > community and technology in Phoenix, and PLUG's part in that. Let's > do that discussion. > > In my opinion. > > Alan > > [1] ( > http://lists.plug.phoenix.az.us/lurker/thread/20090731.152112.dc0a0269.en.html#20090731.152112.dc0a0269 > ) > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. - Thomas Jefferson