[ncolug] Re: Name and Website
- From: <cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 4:00:53 +0000
Thanks Rob. I will look at everyone's suggestions and go from there.
Chuck
---- Rob Gibson <nosbig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I would like to see the LUG become more involved within itself and
> within the community... To that end, we have to revisit the offer
> from NC State. I have been in communication with Ross Justice and Jim
> Turner, and things are starting to move forward...
>
> My primary concern for the group is to begin the process of developing
> the seminars we will be giving to the student body/enterpreneur
> education program as it moves forward. I wasn't sure what tool we
> wanted to use to provide some collaboration. I have a nice GoDaddy
> account for my business and I can certainly spare the space and
> bandwidth, but I wanted to get some input on the tool to use. We
> could use:
>
> - a wiki engine (Like Wikipedia's Mediawiki; solid and reliable, I've
> used Wiki syntaxes before)
> - Moodle (LMS; I have no experience with this, but I have been
> wanting to learn)
> - Alfresco (Enterprise Content Management; no real experience, but I
> would be interested in learning)
>
> So, three choices right off the bat that would allow for varying
> levels of collaboration. Any thoughts? Do these tools sound like
> possibilities or are there other suggestions from the crowd? As we
> quickly evaluate tools, I want to begin developing a list of topics
> which would be discussed and developed. For anyone who is genuinely
> interested in helping, please contact me. I would like to be able to
> delegate lessons/modules/seminars based upon skillsets and interest.
> But I also need those who step forward to have a genuine interest in
> helping and seeing this through. We have an amazing opportunity to
> grow awareness and interest in the tools we know and love.
>
> Rob Gibson
>
> On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 4:24 PM, larry <larry@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I am happy with just the mailing list.
> >
> > cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >>
> >> I am more than willing iff (that's if-and-only-if) the majority of regular
> >> attendees want the organization. I see no reason to try reorganization if
> >> the majority sees no benefit in doing it...)
> >>
> >> So gang, it's up to you. Do you want the LUG to be more organized? What
> >> do *you* want from the LUG? Really! What do you want from this group? From
> >> Linux? From Open Source in general?)
> >>
> >> Chuck
> >>
> >> ---- "M. Knisely" <charon79m@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Well, as the BDFL, you're the only one that can organize at the moment...
> >>> unless we start over again.
> >>>
> >>> Yeah, I agree. Unfortunately, it looks like the domain isn't going to be
> >>> released by them any time soon. They've renewed it twice now.
> >>>
> >>> I agree on the name thing. It would be good if they chose another name.
> >>> I've contacted them as well. I'm interested for two reasons. First,
> >>> because I want to support the formation of more LUGs. Secondly, this is
> >>> in
> >>> my home area, and my old HS just switched to Ubuntu/Joomla, so they could
> >>> use the support.
> >>>
> >>> Mike
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 3:27 PM, <cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I agree that we "need" some amount of organization... Not too much
> >>>> though.
> >>>> :)
> >>>>
> >>>> While I'd hate to pay the sob *any* money for squatting, I think it's an
> >>>> acceptable use of our funds. I also think that we should use the
> >>>> "coffee
> >>>> can" funds for this.
> >>>>
> >>>> Mike and I agree that we would need to register the names "North Central
> >>>> Ohio Linux Users Group" and "NCOLUG" in order to *force* someone to
> >>>> honor
> >>>> those names... I'm hoping that the Freemont folks back off... (I did
> >>>> do
> >>>> some research and learned Ohio has 2 CLUGs - the Cleveland Linux Users
> >>>> Group, and the Cincinnati Linux Users Group. In this scenario the
> >>>> confusion
> >>>> around the acronym is resolved when they are spelled out. This would
> >>>> not be
> >>>> the case w/ 2 North Central Ohio Linux Users Groups... Not to mention
> >>>> that
> >>>> we were here first...)
> >>>>
> >>>> Chuck
> >>>>
> >>>> ---- "M. Knisely" <charon79m@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I think it would be good for us to start down that path... but we all
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> need
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> to understand that this is going to take somone's time and $ from the
> >>>>> group. I believe in order for us to be able to do this we need to "get
> >>>>> organized" again.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> As for the domain, it's still being cybersquatted and we need to "make
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> and
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> offer" for the domain.... its starts at $60. How's the group's coffee
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> can
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> account look?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Mike K.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 2:42 PM, <cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Howdy gang!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> By now you've read my letter to the *other* group trying to use the
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> NCOLUG
> >>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> name. My belief is that we need to defend our right to that name and
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> refuse
> >>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> to allow any other group access to our name. This may be a hard fight
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> if
> >>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> the folks on the other side do not wish to make a change. Do any of
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> you
> >>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> have opinions on how we handle this further? Should we take action to
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> make
> >>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> sure that name "belongs" to us?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> This new group does have a website - it's fairly crude, but it's
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> something.
> >>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Which brings me to the topic of our site. It's been so long since we
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> lost
> >>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> control of ncolug.org that I don't even remember where we are with
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> it...
> >>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> What does the group feel about this topic? What should we do?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Personally,
> >>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I *HATE* the fact that we lost control of our domain name! I'm NOT
> >>>>>> too
> >>>>>> concerned about how it happened, but I am not comfortable with things
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> being
> >>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> in limbo. Again, I seek your input.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thoughts, ideas, comments welcomed!
> >>>>>> Chuck
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
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