I'd be happy to add a +1 for this proposal. It will go a long way towards filling the gap between what the existing MSOSUG is addressing (mostly target at existing Admins) and the whole developers at Uni thing.
Cheers! Nathan. Zhiqi Tao wrote: > Dear Advocacy Community Group, > > Could you please review this proposal to see if I can set up University > of Melbourne OpenSolaris User Group? > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Proposal for University of Melbourne OpenSolaris User Group Project > (UNIMELB-OSUG) > > Purpose: To promote OpenSolaris in the the University of Melbourne, > Victoria, Australia > > List of project team members: > Zhiqi Tao (OS id: zhiqitao), primary contact > > Project Description: > > The purpose of this project is to promote OpenSolaris and create local > community among students and researchers in the University of Melbourne. > > Our ultimate goal is to cultivate OpenSolaris users in University of > Melbourne curriculum and related student projects, and improve campus > support for OpenSolaris and related distributions primarily through free > education and mutual support. We anticipate that current Unimelb faculty > , staff and students may be willing to make significant contributions > towards these efforts because Solaris has already dominate servers in > Computer Science and Software Engineering department. > > The project will archive such contributions as relevant student > projects, presentations, documentation, code, and other material to its > project space on the OpenSolaris site. > > Project Needs: > > This project requires project space on OpenSolaris.org site. The project > also requires a mailing list. Suggested list name is unimelb at > opensolaris dot org. > > Related Projects: > > We plan to closely monitor the activities of MSOSUG and nearby OSUGs, as > well as the local Linux and Unix user groups, in order to seek out > opportunities for collaborative OpenSolaris promotion in the region. We > will also actively promote Sun University Day if it would be held in our > campus. > > Proposed activities: > > We plan to initiate workshops and user group meetings in University of > Melbourne campus, with a focus on promoting the competitive advantages > of using an OpenSolaris distribution for research, development, and > teaching. Stage 1 of this will be to gather membership and further > support from the university and community. Stage 2 will be active > development of promotional activities, drawing both upon local > experience and materials already produced by the OpenSolaris community. > Further activities will be determined as demand and our community grow. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Note: This proposal is written with reference of BTN-OSUG proposal > http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ogb-discuss/2007-July/002156.html >
