On Tuesday 01 March 2005 12:57, saugata ghosh wrote: > The question arises because we are not > functioning as a user group. > Only outreach and exhibition participation is not our > primary objective. Its only an additional activity. > Out primary activity is meeting at some place > where people of common interests come together and > discuss > problems, show exciting things. etc.
I hardly ever hit the reply button to any emails these days, but I just couldnt resist this time round. I'll copy paste shamelessly from Sid's ILUG Howto, which says "the local ILUG must provide some of the same functions that a ``regional office'' provides for large computer corporations like IBM, Microsoft, or Sun. ILUGs can and must train, support, and educate Linux users, coordinate Linux consultants, advocate Linux as a computing solution, and even serve as a liason to local media outlets like newspapers and television." core set of goals for a local ILUG: o advocacy o education o support o socializing Now I understand that an event like Compass allows us to serve the 1st 2 goals, but I wonder how worthwhile it is, to go through the pain of acheiving the 1st two objectives, if the last two arent realised in the same manner. Its like telling me that there is a great picnic spot to go to, but that I cant be provided with directions to reach the place and I almost certainly cant take anyone along for the picnic. I would be thrilled if the LUG does participate in Compass, but I think we as a LUG need to socialize and meet more often than we do. And this initiative needs to come from all of us. There would be a time when an Arijit-da or an Indra-da or a Saugata-da or a Soumyadip would tire of doing the hard work of getting a meet organised. Thats when someone else should step up and take up the mantle and get the job done. We dont need fancy equipment like a projector to have a meet in place. All we do need really is a PC that runs Linux and a bunch of nerds to make the day.... Just my 2p -- /Sumeet Sumeet Madhukar Moghe��http://smith-morgan.mirrorz.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ GnuPG Keys: ���http://smith-morgan.mirrorz.com/gnupg.txt Fingerprint : �1388 881A 6FED A370 78B7 1342 2F51 20C9 083C 704D ------------------------------------------------------------------ "Sometimes I simply feel that the whole world is a cigarette and I'm the only ashtray." -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
