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

[Josh Coffman]

--- Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 9/25/06, der.hans <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:
> >
> > Am 24. Sep, 2006 schwätzte Joshua Zeidner so:
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > Is there a reason PLUG can't be the LoCo group?
> 
> 
> 
>   No reason other than my feeling that PLUG should
> not favor any one distro
> over another.


I feel the same. PLUG as it is has been very helpful
to me personally, and I assume many others. 

Also, I wouldn't want side groups to detract from PLUG
either. Most of us have limited time, and committing
time to something usually means less time for
something else.

However, people who are passionate about something and
are so inclined should follow their heart. If that
means starting a local Ubuntu group, then do it.

If we're voting, I vote PLUG remain as it is: A
distro-agnotistic and friendly group for occasionally
linux-relevant discussion. :)


> 
> 
> We used to be a local group for Red Hat, but the
> people working that
> > stopped working the relationship. Dennis has us
> signed up for SuSE.
> >
> > If you want to do Ubuntu-specific presentations
> please get them on the
> > schedule. Same for anyone wanting to cover Fedora
> Core, SuSE, Mandriva,
> > etc. Yes, Dennis, you already know Slackware is OK
> because you do it :).
> > And, yes, Darrin, you know *BSD is OK too :).
> >
> > Being distro agnostic doesn't prevent us from
> doing things specific to a
> > particular distro/OS. We generally try to stick
> with Free Software and/or
> > *NIX.
> >
> > > 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 think it would be better to work with PLUG
> rather than starting a new
> > org. As Alan mentioned, PLUG stuff happens because
> someone makes it
> > happen. Alexander did just that with the
> InstallFests, which have now been
> > going for a couple of years.
> >
> > The founders of PLUG haven't been involved in
> years. PLUG has continued
> > without them because people stepped up to make
> things happen as the
> > founders and subsequent past leaders drifted away.
> I hope it will continue
> > as I and the other leaders move on.
> >
> > I see no reason why PLUG can't be the local group
> or affiliate for various
> > distributions or packages or even other
> orgnizations. For instance, I hope
> > PLUG will be a local affiliate for LOPSA once
> LOPSA is ready to start
> > making such relationships.
> 
> 
> 
>   As a few have mentioned here a LoCo group requires
> approval by Ubuntu.
> There can be only one LoCo group for a locale.  I
> think the team contact
> should:
> 
>    1) show a level of dedication
>    2) show plan/goals for the group
>    3) be impartial commercially
> 
>   -jmz
> 
> 
> ciao,
> >
> > der.hans
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks again, Alan.
> > >
> > > jmz
> > >
> > > On 9/24/06, Alan Dayley <alandd at consultpros.com>
> wrote:
> > >>
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> > >>
> > >> Joshua Zeidner wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Hey All,
> > >> >
> > >> >   I'd like to get an official Ubuntu LoCo
> group together.  We need a
> > >> > team contact.  Is anyone opposed to staging a
> vote to determine the
> > team

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