Ubuntu group (Was: Re: roll call: Ubuntu users)

[Derek Neighbors]

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.

>   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.  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.

Just thoughts.


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Derek Neighbors
Integrum Technologies