On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:32 AM, Fabio Duran Verdugo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On mar, 2013-12-03 at 12:28 +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote: >> As mentioned in the other answers, I don't think that "Clan" is the, >> right word. It sounds restrictive and closed, rather than welcoming. >> And >> it brings memories of people playing Diablo in groups in my teenage >> years: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_(computer_gaming) >> >> Cheers > > I don't thing too "clan" is the right word. I like "user group", On > chile for example for GNOME Chile we are using "user group", It is more > common to recognize, and fine to me. > Too, in Chile the word clan as say Bastian is related with computer > gaming, but too has a bad connotation (is not my impression, I asked > people in my work), an exaggerated example, but valid "clan steals > cars". >
How about sodality? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodality_%28social_anthropology%29 here is an excerpt (from wikipedia, thanks wikipedia!) Sodalities are often based on common age or gender, with all-male sodalities more common than all-female. One aspect of a sodality is that of a group "representing a certain level of achievement in the society, much like the stages of an undergraduate's progress through college [university]" [2]. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sodality You could also say 'societies'. Which gives it a bit of a party feel. sri _______________________________________________ engagement-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list
