On July 15, 2002 08:40 am, Anthony de Boer wrote: > Yes, OLS is just a wee bit extremely technical; if you're not a code > wrangler you're probably out of your depth there. For what it is, I > think it's extremely important, and it certainly puts Canada on the > international Linux map, but something targetted at the average user > might be useful too.
No argument from this end, other than OLS and CLUE IMHO target different audiences and have to some degree different reasons for existence. I think that they could be supportive of each other but if we look at the current and pending user base they definitely target different audiences, hence different purposes. The majority of users or not code wranglers and will not be so pariticulariy as market share increases. > There was an effort to get an event called SOLE happening in Hamilton; I > never heard any confirmation that it really was happening, and suspect > it got derailed. OTOH, that's the one venue for which you should have an > easy time getting Bob Young to send some RedHat support, considering he's > originally a Hamilton boy. Yes I was watching with enthusiasm what came of that, Bob's presentations in Hamilton etc. but unfortunately nothing materialized. > > For example: > > > > A winter show/conference in Victoria/Vancover et al: BC > > There probably needs to be a combination of a strong LUG to run such an > event, together with some CLUE support to help contact and co-ordinate > the appropriate big names (speakers, vendors, sponsors). I don't think > CLUE can just parachute into a random venue and make things happen. Yes you are correct, but that does not negate the possibility that a "CLUE" could organize with the support/cooperation of local LUG's national events at what ever frequency is reasonable. CLUE could provide the overall planning and logistics and the local LUG could provide the on site administration and organizational activities. Events such as these are essentially massive logistics exercises that easily can exhaust the resources and capabilities of any single LUG. Chris H. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
