I think an offical club is going to be the way Dennis goes. But I think it will be named LSUOS. You know how some 'nix users get touch about LUGs. Dennis got the lstserv request in today. He is gone until I think Tuesday, but my guess is that he will be in touch.
Doug --- Joey Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to weigh in as supporting an LSU LUG. I used > to attend LSU, way before > computers were even invented, etc.. Here are my > thoughts: > > LSU allows the creation of official, > university-sponsored clubs. Just about > every subject you can think of has a club associated > with it. I would imagine > that the eventual goal of LSULUG would be to become > a recognized club. > > A club needs a faculty sponsor, needs to elect > officers, have some sort of a > charter, etc. Outsiders can attend meetings, but the > main thrust of a campus > club should be directed at students. > > That said, there is nothing stopping interested > persons of forming a > non-official club (look through the yearbook and > find the lampshade guys, > you'll get the idea ;-). An ad-hoc club could meet > off-campus to start, say > at one of the dives around Chimes or State Street, > or on the other side of > campus. It might also be possible to meet on-campus > if you guys stay under > the radar. Any student can reserve a study room in > the library, for instance. > Also a classroom might be made available if a > sufficiently powerful faculty > member (someone in CSC or an engineering college) > gave their unofficial > blessing, say in the form of a "research group" > moderated by a few of his > teacher's pets ;-). Starting from a non-official > status, progress toward > official acceptance by the unversity could be made. > > Should it be an LSU-only LUG? No. Support > (attendance, momentum, speakers, > etc.) is going to have to come from BRLUG... after > all, the idea of starting > an LSU LUG is taking place on BRLUG's mailing list. > Should it be sponsored by > BRLUG? Yes. Should it be a sub-group or BRLUG-lite? > That's for you guys to > decide. > > ^C > > Yeah, I know you're wondering how an old fr4t living > in New Orleans knows so > much about clubs at LSU... I participated in an > effort in the mid-80s to win > official university status for an off-campus club. > We succeeded :-) > > > --Joey > > Thou spake: > >I can't offer much in the way of help other than > ideas. > > > >I recommend that your first task be to setup a > mailing list for this > >initiative and then advertise somehow to potential > members. The BRLUG mostly > >consists of this mailing list we are on now. > > > >Also, instead of a mini-BRLUG focus, I recommend > that its focus be on LSU > >and Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Including BRLUG in > there would dilute the > >focus a little too much IMO > (Linux-LSU-BR-UserGroup). I imagine that an > >LinuxSIG at LSU would consist of mostly Linux > sysadmins and experienced > >users at LSU, and not really a good place for a > Linux newbie to get started. > >But then again, I don't know the people you know at > LSU. BRLUG does not hold > >any monopoly power on LUGs in Baton Rouge or > anywhere else, of course. LSU > >students, for example, are perfectly free to start > their own LSU LUG. > > > >One more idea: if you have a web server at LSU, > even a small one, you might > >want to install some kinda wiki app on it and let > those interested update > >the site themselves via a browser instead of > editing HTML. Much easier and > >open that way. For those who don't know what a wiki > is: > >http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki (which is BTW a > wiki used to define a > >wiki (: ). > > > >John Hebert > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Doug Riddle > >To: General BRLUG > >Sent: 9/30/03 1:25 PM > >Subject: [brlug-general] LSU LUG? > > > >I am way short on time, but I am spend what I have > at > >LSU lately. The has been some interest in an Open > >Source clearing house/home page/Linux sort of site > on > >the LSU-ITINFO mailing list. I remember some > traffic > >about an LSU LUG a while back. > > > >Is anyone actively working an LSU LUG? I know a > few > >folks that are interested in backing something like > >that, and I might know where we could get some > server > >space for a site. > > > >I am thinking of a campus-centered mini-BRLUG. A > >place where the LSU-centric > >software/hardware/education-centered issues can be > >housed. > > > >It seems that if it doesn't end in lsu.edu, it > cannot > >possibly relate to LSU. > > > >I will be honest, I am swamped, and can do little > more > >than cheer, but I would love to try to put the > right > >people in touch with one another if there is any > >interest. > > > >BTW. Anyone know where I can get some pheromone > >detectors cheap? > > > > > > > >===== > >Warmest Regards, > > > >Doug Riddle > >http://www.dougriddle.com > >http://fossile-project.sourceforge.net/ > >http://www.libranet.com > >-- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in > importance; they are > >the Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington -- > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >The New Yahoo! 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