On 2 December 2013 20:45, Oliver Propst <[email protected]> wrote: > I can see your point, I try another one then "society".
Group, community and society would have very similar connotations for many people, even though they do mean slightly different things. I don't see anything wrong with "user group" other than that it hasn't been changed in a while (is that really such a bad thing?) and it does describe what it is perfectly. On the other hand, some of the groups seem to have dissolved or become inactive. I suspect that it would be more worthwhile making sure that the details were up-to-date than spending effort on rebranding it. > On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 9:41 PM, Hashem Nasarat <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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 > > > > > -- > -mvh Oliver Propst > > _______________________________________________ > 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
