Re: Linux User Groups

[Rahul Sundaram]

HI


In an ideal world, I would have wished for the following:

[1] A portal/wiki/forum for LUGs to be listed (with at least 2 contacts
per LUG)

[2] Small info kit which could be distributed at LUG meets which happen
at Universities/Schools/Community Centers and the like

[3] *101 things you did not know about Fedora* - a small piece about the
project and more importantly *Fedora Core - The Distribution*

[4] Figure out a way to *sell* Fedora goodies

[5] Have Fedora spokesperson at LUGs. This person interacts on a regular
basis with the development of the project and is in a position to talk
about the cool things that make FC nice

[6] Have dedicated BugSquad members from the LUGs

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Lets start a wiki for LUG's then.

I personally find things like Fedora Extras repository a important 
enhancement for the platform as well as a show case for community 
contributions and would like to see a overview of Fedora also look into 
other things besides core but on the whole I think the idea of a info 
kit for Fedora well worth exploring. Is anyone from the docs team 
willing to look at this?. We got a whole lot of people lurking in there


regards
Rahul

Ps: CC'ing docs list for comments

Linux User Groups

[Greg DeKoenigsberg]

OK, so let me actually give a little bit of shape to these ideas from my 
perspective.

On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, Rahul Sundaram wrote:

>  [1] A portal/wiki/forum for LUGs to be listed (with at least 2
> contacts
>  per LUG) 
We can start a LUG section asap and make this a prominent page.  Who wants 
it?
 
>  [2] Small info kit which could be distributed at LUG meets which
> happen
>  at Universities/Schools/Community Centers and the like 
A physical kit, or a virtual kit?

>  [3] *101 things you did not know about Fedora* - a small piece about
> the
>  project and more importantly *Fedora Core - The Distribution* 
This seems like a good idea to me.  This would also make a great handout.  
Maybe we should start this "101 things" page on the wiki, work on it for a 
while, and then when it's baked, we turn it into pretty collateral.  I can 
get help from that end.

>  [4] Figure out a way to *sell* Fedora goodies 
The biggest blocker here, honestly, is a treasurer.  We could set up a 
Cafe Press store in 15 minutes; the real issue is, who handles the money?  
This is one of the upcoming issues to be resolved by the Foundation, but 
once we're there, I think that this item moves right to the top.

>  [5] Have Fedora spokesperson at LUGs. This person interacts on a
> regular
>  basis with the development of the project and is in a position to talk
>  about the cool things that make FC nice 
Is this spokesperson a member of the LUG, or not?

>  [6] Have dedicated BugSquad members from the LUGs 
Oh, hell yeah.

--g

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[Rahul Sundaram]

Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote:

> OK, so let me actually give a little bit of shape to these ideas from
> my 
> perspective.
>
> On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>
>   
>
> >[1] A portal/wiki/forum for LUGs to be listed (with at least 2 contacts
> >per LUG)
> >    
> >
>
> We can start a LUG section asap and make this a prominent page.  Who wants 
> it?
>   
>  
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LUG. Please fill in the required information

>  
>   
>
> >[2] Small info kit which could be distributed at LUG meets which happen
> >at Universities/Schools/Community Centers and the like
> >    
> >
>
> A physical kit, or a virtual kit?
>
>   
>  
Virtual definitely

> >[5] Have Fedora spokesperson at LUGs. This person interacts on a
> regular
> >basis with the development of the project and is in a position to talk
> >about the cool things that make FC nice
> >    
> >
>
> Is this spokesperson a member of the LUG, or not?
>   
>  
Member


regards
Rahul

Linux User Groups

[Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay]

Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote:
> >[2] Small info kit which could be distributed at LUG meets which
> happen
> >at Universities/Schools/Community Centers and the like
>  
>  
>  A physical kit, or a virtual kit? 
A .pdf that can be easily printed into a 4-fold brochure maybe...

> >[5] Have Fedora spokesperson at LUGs. This person interacts on a
> regular
> >basis with the development of the project and is in a position to talk
> >about the cool things that make FC nice
>  
>  
>  Is this spokesperson a member of the LUG, or not? 
Must be. Otherwise LUG buy-in will be missed.

>  
> >[6] Have dedicated BugSquad members from the LUGs
>  
>  
>  Oh, hell yeah. 
Reason for it is as follows:

[1] More eyes on the ball
[2] The LUG *participates* in the making

Rgds
Sankarshan


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Linux User Groups

[Greg DeKoenigsberg]

On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, Rahul Sundaram wrote:

>  Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote:
>  
>  >We can start a LUG section asap and make this a prominent page.  Who wants 
>  >it?
>    
>  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LUG. Please fill in the required information 
OK, this is 1/10th of the work.

The other 9/10ths of the work:
  * Advertising the existence of this page.
  * Explaining to people why they'd want to add their info to this page.
  * Building a LUG program that creates value for the people who add their
    info to this page.
  * As the page grows, cleaning up the formatting of the page, since if
    100 LUGs add their info to this page, it'll be unreadable.

Every journey must start with a single step, of course.  This is a good 
step one.  :)

_____________________  ____________________________________________
  Greg DeKoenigsberg ] [ the future masters of technology will have
 Community Relations ] [ to be lighthearted and intelligent.  the
             Red Hat ] [ machine easily masters the grim and the 
                     ] [ dumb.  --mcluhan

Linux User Groups

Ok, I have to chime in.  Too many years worth of LUG support projects 
under my belt to pass by this thread.  We're getting ready to move 
linuxusersgroups.org over to a UML or Zen box so more people can have 
access to it to redo the site.  Maybe it has some opportunity here?  I 
haven't updated it in years, but I still get messages almost weekly.


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