I can arrange a room with a view (20-30 seater) in the very center of town for regular meetings. For Free. Monthly perhaps?
Let me know if that would help in any way... Richard On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Reinier Battenberg < [email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > > I second that. > > > > And in the meantime, nothing is stopping anyone from organising an event, > or assisting Simon & Kyle in their efforts to do cool IT stuff around town. > > > > > > On Tuesday 20 November 2012 14:55:34 Simon Vass wrote: > > Members, > > > Several members of the ICT Community have recently completed formation of > the ICTAUG http://www.ictau.ug with some of these exact thoughts in mind. > The Uganda LUG along with other community groups has been granted > a 'honorary' membership of this body. > > > I sent the following response to the Ministry of ICT Draft ICT Policy > 2012. on behalf of the ICTAUG, where I think you can see I was thinking > very much in terms of Openess. > > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E98Z_E03AGIFBohKuWIQAsIh4zVWhYBrJMAimveh6I0/edit > > > What I would suggest at this juncture is to use the ICTAUG as our > 'official' arm, to which the committee which Brian has already mentioned > advises and votes for an honorary seat. Who holds and represents this seat > can be voted from the community, but as he/she will be a figurehead for the > larger body. As such no additional admin expenses etc need to be raised to > stop this effort. Call the meeting choose the members draft a policy advise > the LUG member representing the LUG at the ICTAUG what the policy is. > > > If members truly feel another body needs to be formed, fine. We tried > however to do this with Opta which failed at the first hurdle. As the > ICTAUG has already completed registration, had discussions with both MoICT > and NITAU and has a banner or two why not use this for now? > > > > Simon > > > P.S. If you would like to join or know more about the ICTAUG in a private > or organisational capacity please contact me off-list we are gathering > names for a mailing list push which will include all the blurb, costs, > benefits etc. > > > > > On 20 November 2012 14:09, Kizito Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you Brian, I for One subscribe to the thought but with some > questions, ofcourse. > Now that we are (in case it is passed) constituting an office (CEM), > this means costs, and since there are no ventures of income in LUG, how > are we going to support this office? > In response to my question, I was thinking of registering LUG as a > community organization of sorts (not sure whether it is possible but > lawyers will have to help us here) and have some activities that can > contribute to the income. Activities like capacity building at little > cost. > By registering, I believe it puts LUG in a better standing, have a > recognizable voice to an extent of providing advice to government. Who > knows, Our government might also consider FOSS applications in near > future and it might need a community of LUG levels to provide technical > advice. > During the IGF12 in Baku I had a chance to talk to Fouda Bajwa, an > enthusiastic member of FOSS India, and although not exactly the same > ideas, he gave me tips similar to these ones. > I don't know what members have to say anyway! > -- > Kind regards; > KTM > +256752602550||+256782062708 > "Mother of God-Pray for us sinners" > > > > On Tue, 2012-11-20 at 12:29 +0300, Brian Ssennoga wrote: > > Friends, > > > > As i settle into my new role as FOSSFA Secretary, am learning alot > > about managing and working with a FOSS community. I feel that there is > > room for us to re-hydrate the LUG with Community events and > > activities. > > > > My experience with FOSSFA is all i have claim to, so its all i have to > > offer, and i hope it will help. > > > > Community Empowerment Manager > > FOSSFA hired a Community Empowerment Manager, to oversee all community > > activities. This position is considered full-time, and even paid. Now > > we may not have the same, but surely we can borrow a leaf from it. > > > > The FOSSFA CEM is responsible for, among other things, > > a) Community Mailing Lists > > b) Social Media Accounts + Website > > c) Announcing of Events, and, Membership Mobilization. > > d) Keeping the Community informed - Reports + Publications. > > (Abridged to fit LUG Context). > > > > Is this something we think we need? Personally, I think so. But a > > Community Empowerment Manager works in the framework of a structure, > > something that gives leadership and guidance to the Community. > > > > Community Structure > > I think the LUG is devoid of some kind of leadership structure. Simon > > and Kyle have done a tremendous job, but i believe are weighed down > > when the rest of us don't carry our part of the load. > > > > I would like to propose a structure of sorts - a kind of Steering > > Committee, exclusive to the LUG. a team of passionate people that we > > look to for our events, communications, updates, notices and so on, a > > team of people that we elect and give a mandate to steer the LUG. > > > > I would also like to propose that such a team, be "in office" for say > > a year, to facilitate a healthy rotation, as well as ensure there is a > > steady grooming of 'next-gen' leaders. > > > > FOSSFA also did something interesting this year, which was to > > introduce "Commission Chairs" - members of Council, not already on > > executive, who are best placed to lead certain thematic areas, such as > > Education, IP/Legal and Policy, Business & Innovation, and so on. > > Campus Liaisons for Computer Sciences Teaching Universities? > > > > Is this something we could consider as a LUG. A way to ensure that > > someone is a 'lead' on a certain thematic issue. > > > > AOB > > Simon already struck a code with Orange at last year's Orange Expo, > > and as such delivered Techfest 2011. It is my very strong belief that > > had the LUG been better structured, techfest should become our > > flagship event, a mark of sorts to the ICT Community, an annual > > gathering of LUG and Community and the opportunity to change guard for > > the LUG Structure. > > > > I would also like to see members who can easily host a LUG, to commit > > to host a LUG. Even if the LUG were to be hosted, at 3 venues, as long > > as they were adequately rotated, would institutionalize the monthly > > meeting, and command space on our busy calendars. > > > > We are grateful to Kyle for the Site List Administration and to Simon > > for being, among other things, the face of the LUG, as well as for you > > - every single one of us on the list. > > > > What do you think? > > > > If you agree to the idea to for a LUG Leadership/Steering Structure, > > could you also, in response, suggest some critical positions (and > > their roles and responsibilities). > > > > I believe if we generate 'enough' consensus about this, we could even > > have list based nominations and elections, and get some revamp going, > > as early as possible. > > > > Yes i know these positions are voluntary, and as a community, our > > membership is not even paid, so we can all expect to make sacrifices > > to give back to this community - and that's what we need to do, to > > take the LUG to the next level. > > > > Please do respond, I would like to hear your thoughts, as would, the > > rest of the Community. > > > > -- > > Brian Ssennoga | FOSS & ICT Consulting > > > > > > COSS | @COSSug | #COSS > > FOSSFA Secretary | @fossfa | #FOSSFA > > Skype: bssennoga | Gtalk - b.ssennoga > > > > > > Blog | Alt. 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