I don't think tribe is a perfect term either. > In the West, "tribal" often implies "savage."
http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-19-spring-2001/feature/trouble-tribe What about community? i.e. The GNOME Brazil Community circle? The GNOME Brazil Circle On 12/02/2013 03:31 PM, Oliver Propst wrote: > What about "tribes" ? > > > On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 9:07 PM, Hashem Nasarat <[email protected] > <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]> > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list > > > _______________________________________________ > engagement-list mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list > > > > > -- > -mvh Oliver Propst _______________________________________________ engagement-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list
