[ncolug] Re: NCOLUG's direction and purpose
- From: "M. Knisely" <charon79m@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 19:37:27 -0400
Like the others that have replied, I've not been able to make the meetings
in a long time, but I very much want the concept to of the LUG to go on. I
feel strongly that we should be project driven.
1: Big Blue Button - Scratch our itch for remote collaboration.
2: The "Average" desktop user setup.
3: Linux for Video Editing (NCOLUG the Podcast?!?!?)
4: Linux the SMB setup
5: Implementing PacketFence Network Admission Control system
Each of these projects could be picked away at each "meeting"
or throughout the month by the leader and teams for each project, then they
could report on their progress and what they've learned during the monthly
meeting. Each project could, and I feel should, be recorded in a blog form.
Once each project reaches what the team agrees as success, a whitepaper
"how-to" should be developed. Think of the LUG as Google's first hit for
how-tos on our projects.
That's my hope for the group. Hope being one thing and dedicating time
another is one thing that I've realized recently. I know that I don't have
the spare time to manage much, but I'd be willing to head up one project at
a time. #1 and #5 above I will be doing over the next year regardless.
I'm sure you'll make a good decision Stick... that's why we made you the
Director Emeritus.
Mike K.
On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Chuck Stickelman <cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> **
> All,
>
> Recent conversations on this list have gotten me thinking about our group,
> its purpose, and its goals. Honestly, the LUG is in a slump and I have no
> one to blame but myself. When the LUG was formalized a few years back a
> Board of Directors was elected and that body recognized a potential for the
> LUG to fall into a slump such as this. The Board created the position of
> Director Emeritus For Life as a mechanism for providing perpetual leadership
> in the event such a slump occurs. Soon after I was honored with the
> title. As Director Emeritus For Life it is my responsibility to provide
> guidance and direction to help us get out of this slump. I still believe
> strongly in the principles embodied in Linux and other Free and Open Source
> Software (FOSS). But the term FOSS is self-limiting; those same principles
> can be applied to hardware and data/file formats, as well as software. More
> importantly, FOSS principles are at the heart of the free exchange of ideas
> and information necessary in a free society. To that end, I believe that by
> focusing the group on one tool -- the Linux kernel and related utilities --
> we have limited are our scope and our potential.
>
> So what do we do? We can:
>
> 1. keep doing what we've been doing, (and continue getting what we've
> been getting.)
> 2. end the LUG and let whatever files the void (such as it would be)
> file the void,
> 3. re-purpose the LUG to be more inclusive of FOSS and FOSS-inspired
> projects in general,
> 4. do something not yet considered.
>
> Ultimately, the whole thing is fairly rhetorical, as there really isn't a
> "we". As Director Emeritus For Life, I and I alone, can make the final
> call. But I *do* want your thoughts and opinions to be heard and
> considered. My expectations are that the direction and fate of the NCOLUG
> is to be resolved by the end of September.
>
> Please advise.
> Chuck
>
>
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