[ncolug] Re: Name and Website
- From: Rob Gibson <nosbig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:50:17 -0500
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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