On 9/25/06, Derek Neighbors <derek@gnue.org> wrote:
Josh,
My two cents inclosed.
On Sep 24, 2006, at 8:31 PM, Joshua Zeidner wrote:
> Thanks. Ill go ahead and drive this one home if there is no
> particular opposition to my doing so. The Ubuntu LoCo groups are
> taken fairly seriously and there is a level of formality that may
> be a bit alien to most Linux folks.
Word of advice. Spending too much time creating structure takes away
from progress. Firm believer of tackle politics after the group is
started and you know it is useful. Have some meetings do somethings
and then it becomes a lot more clear about who has dedicated time and
who has the skills to put in what place going forward. If it needs
to be formalized at that point formalize it.
Hi Derek,
This is a matter of opinion... in my estimation its best to establish the group on sound principles and clear intentions and problems will not arise at a later time. Some of these groups are very serious. Some even print up business cards. I think that the reluctance to make structure is really about deferring authoritative decisions, which quickly degrades into anti-social behavior, which is something I hope the group will not be about.
> If anyone has a problem with this, please speak up now. If we
> want a vote, all I need is one person to speak up. I would just
> consider it plain obnoxious to go ahead and put my name on the
> Ubuntu site without contacting the local Ubuntu users.
I would put PLUG down as the contact for now.
PLUG is not a person and therefore does not qualify as a team contact.
I would suggest asking
PLUG for 15 to 20 minutes of West/East side meetings to do a Ubuntu
segment. I think this would help out PLUG as well as Ubuntu. It
will help prevent having to set additional days/times and find
locations, but give a space/forum for this sub set to start
expanding. At the point PLUG says they are sick of giving 15 minutes
to Ubuntu and/or people are want more than 15 or 20 mintues of Ubuntu
maybe it becomes time to start a formal Ubuntu group with its own
times and locations.
I am not a huge fan of physical meetings. They are a great way to socialize, etc. but really are not necessary and often needlessly time consuming. Newsgroups are definitely interesting because people can formulate strong opinions about someone without ever having met them in real life, which can be quite unnatural for some. A lot can happen through email/blog/forum/etc. if it is taken seriously, which it rarely is. Thanks for the input Derek, jmz
Just thoughts.
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Derek Neighbors
Integrum Technologies
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