[huskerlug] Re: Interesting and on-topic message for May #2
- From: Charles Leslie <charles.leslie@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 10:45:12 -0500
I can't always get to meetings due to scheduling, but this is the
virtual age of course so...
What are your thoughts on putting up something like a phpBB forum or
Facebook group, something of that nature? I know a lot of Linux users
tend to shy away from the social networking stuff, but that's what a
collaboration group is all about.
IRC channel?
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 10:22 AM, adunlop <techworld.mail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks, awesome that you're doing this :)
>
> On May 7, 2009, at 10:15 AM, Derek J. Augustine wrote:
>
>> http://involved.unl.edu/soar/start.php
>>
>> I'm sure we wouldn't have any trouble finding a faculty / staff
>> advisor,
>> I've actually got a couple in mind that I think would make great
>> advisors for the LUG and I would be willing to contact (also,
>> technically I'm staff here so if there was trouble finding someone I'd
>> be willing to be an advisor). I'll also be a student here for at
>> least a
>> couple more years as well. So if we want to keep it a student
>> organization I'm again throwing myself out there to take lead.
>>
>> I do agree that if it stays a student organization we'd need to
>> recruit
>> heavy especially at the start of the fall semester to try to get some
>> fresh blood in the group.
>>
>> If we went "broader", and tried to get a corporate sponsor I would
>> have
>> no idea where to even start as far as that goes. That might be the
>> best
>> route as far as getting public interest, but in reality it has always
>> been open to public, I think it was more of a marketing failure that
>> was
>> causing less public participation then anything. I think if done
>> correctly we could get some buy in and maybe some day get some
>> corporate
>> sponsorship but I think we'd be hard pressed right now to move it from
>> being a "student organization" to just a regular group and get some
>> funding or places to meet.
>>
>> I'm going to take the lead here and email some faculty / staff members
>> who I think may be interested in being sponsors and also interested in
>> keeping the group going year in and year out.
>>
>> Gabe Ives wrote:
>>> adunlop wrote:
>>>
>>>> I would be absolutely up for it as well. It wouldn't even have to
>>>> be
>>>> presentations, it could just be a fun time to chat about topics,
>>>> round-
>>>> table discussions, monthly projects, anything. Anything to get the
>>>> ball started and to get this group back on track would be awesome.
>>>>
>>>> Heck, we could even project TED videos or something :p
>>>>
>>>> Omaha has a rocking Linux Users Group. Lets make sure Lincoln
>>>> doesn't
>>>> get left in the dust!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> The issue is technically this was/is a student group. Sure others
>>> were/are invited, but unless it changes from being a student group,
>>> it
>>> has to be students who run it and organize it. I'm not a student,
>>> I'm
>>> an alumni and staff member, but not a student, plus evening meetings
>>> never worked for me as I have younger kids.
>>>
>>> Unless you have a very strong recruiting program that gets new
>>> students
>>> every year, eventually the student organization will die (as this one
>>> seems to have).
>>>
>>> So you have two choices (well three I guess), one is a strong student
>>> leader needs to take charge, organize, and start heavily recruiting.
>>> With this case, it might also help to seek out a faculty sponsor.
>>> This
>>> faculty member could help with "regime changes", when the leaders
>>> graduated and if there are lack of leadership taking over. I'm not
>>> sure
>>> of UNL rules for student organizations, I don't know if a staff
>>> member
>>> can be a sponsor or just a faculty member, or maybe there are no
>>> rules
>>> for that at all.
>>>
>>> Second choice is try to take this Linux Users Group more broader, and
>>> scrap the student organization status, but you'd lose all the perks
>>> of
>>> having student organization status (which others might know more what
>>> you'd be giving up). You could look for a corporate sponsor at that
>>> point, but I don't know how likely that is (really don't know much
>>> about
>>> that). This method would allow non-students to run and organize
>>> it, and
>>> if students lack interest you can continue to look city wide for
>>> members, with or without strong student leadership.
>>>
>>> Third choice is just to let it die.
>>>
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