What about "tribes" ?
On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 9:07 PM, Hashem Nasarat <[email protected]> wrote: > I like the idea, but not the proposed term. > > The concept of clan connotes ethnicity to me. Also it makes me think of > the klan. > > Is there something that better connotes geographic proximity? > > On 12/02/2013 02:50 PM, William Jon McCann wrote: > > Hi, > > > > In the process of doing some cleanup of our online presence, I noticed > > that our local community team experience isn't very cohesive or inviting. > > > > We have a bunch of stuff scattered around the wiki with the center of it > > apparently being https://wiki.gnome.org/UserGroups . > > > > While the term LUG or UG may resonate with some older users it doesn't > > really seem too inviting to me or some of the people I've tried to reach > > out to (ugh). > > > > So, I started thinking about what groups of gnomes might be called... > > > > Something that is a word and not an acronym. > > Something that avoids the tired old patterns. > > Something that is a warm, inviting, and evokes kinship. > > > > How about being part of a clan? > > > > I propose that we: > > > > * Rename https://wiki.gnome.org/UserGroups to > https://wiki.gnome.org/Clans > > * Move individual team content under that page (eg. > > https://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeBrasil -> > https://wiki.gnome.org/Clans/Brasil) > > * Streamline the presentation of the clans page and add a map > > > > What do you think? Should we go ahead? > > > > Thanks, > > Jon > > > > > > PS. If you insist on justification by acronym here you go: community > > [for] local activity and networking :) > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > engagement-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list > > > _______________________________________________ > engagement-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list > -- -mvh Oliver Propst
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