I'm interested in a CLUG SIG on business issues as long as it stays related to free and open source software. Maybe a BUSISIG mailing list would be a good place to start?
Carl On Sun, 2006-05-14 at 21:23 -0600, Shawn wrote: > Hi all. > > I've been talking with a few folks at and since the last monthly meeting. It > seems that there might be interest in putting together a group with a focus > on business matters. > > The thinking is that there are a number of people in CLUG, with various > skills > related to business. Everything from marketing, bookkeeping, IT, management, > etc. So, just like we share tech knowledge with CLUG, why not form a group > to share the business knowledge. This sharing would be accomplished through > routine meetings, presentations, and maybe workshops, and would ideally be > free for anyone to take part. > > This message is more to see what kind of interest is out there for this, > other > than the few people I've spoken with already. Right now, there is a more or > less clean slate on this topic, and any ideas are worth exploring. There ARE > professional organizations like this in existence (CIPS, etc.), but I do not > know of any that are community based like Linux User Groups. (let me know if > I'm wrong on this). > > Because the idea is originating through CLUG, I'd like to keep this somehow > related to CLUG (a special interest group maybe?). But I do see where this > could potentially be unrelated to CLUG's activities in the long run. > > What are your thoughts and comments? > > Shawn > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
