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Prashant Verma wrote:

> In my mind LUG-Bengal simply means a LUG based in Bengal. And the
> concept is not new, if that's the point, because LUGs are a phenomenon
> the world over. And the tldp faq above does answer many or all of your
> questions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LUGs%2C_FSUGs%2C_GLUGs_in_India_and_Asia#Eastern_India
provides an idea of the number of LUGs in eastern India, LFY
should/could be having a larger listing.

Why a LUG-Bengal ? Why now ? What would be different ? What is the
charter ? What are the immediate goals ?

> But, I'm sure there is an important point that you are trying to make,
> which at least I am not getting. So in the interest of time and of a
> reasonable discussion, I'll request you to go ahead and explain what
> point you are trying to make?

Over the period of time I have been with the LUG, there have been
repeated discussions on forming the LUG-Cal as a registered body. From
what I could conclude, the attempts failed because:

o No clear ownership of the initiative
o No clear roadmap to take it ahead
o No discussion on sustaining it
o Narrow focus on website maintainance and Domain name (re)registration
o No idea of inclusive partnership (taking in the various LUGs)

If Surendra, Soumyanath, yourself start off a discussion which addresses
the issues and propose a solution towards society formation it is
excellent. But starting off with a premise of forming a LUG-Bengal would
basically be forking the LUG-Cal (again...) and probably a redundant
exercise aimed at satisfying one's ego and nothing to do with the
excellent TLDP links you quoted.

Regards
Sankarshan

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