Porkchop wrote:
Although the umbrella is clearly larger than "linux", I have to wonder
if droping the word "linux" might risk making the group harder to find
for those new to the area, might invalidate an existing "brand name"
(ask your local marketing nerd), and/or segment MHVLUG from the
community of LUGs (not that there is a strong community link now).
I was going to suggest the same thing. Before I attended my first
MHVLUG meeting, I had no idea what it would be like, but the "Linux" in
the name made it clear what it would be about. Also, "LUG" seems to be
the generally used term and is the most common way of searching for or
describing groups of this type. I think any other name would require an
explanation every time it was used -- either that, or people would call
it a LUG no matter what its official name was.
BTW, I learned about the existence of both MHVLUG and MHCUG by doing a
Google search for:
"user group" Poughkeepsie OR Dutchess
and that search still pulls up both groups within the first four results.
Adam
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