Any user group or club lives or dies by whether there is someone willing to put in the effort to keep it alive. Back in the dark ages we had a DECUS LUG in Utah Valley. There were some changes in leadership and it basically just evaporated - and then DEC evaporated too. The BYU Ham Radio club has gone through this cycle several times in the past. UUG suffered from the same problem (along with some extras). I knew of UUG but never attended any of their meetings (I can say the same about PLUG - I've never been to a meeting because of scheduling). There wasn't anyone willing to carry the flag for UUG so it evaporated.
As far as the campus club, if it is an official, BYUSA-affiliated club all officers must be students. Those not affiliated with BYU (anyone other than students and university employees) can participate but can't be members as far as I know. And they would be subject to the Honor Code when on campus and interacting with the club. A department-sponsored club has slightly different rules, but they are generally set by the sponsoring department and college. A resurrected UUG would probably fall under the department-sponsored category and would likely only be open to BYU students and employees. Bryan Peterson <[email protected]> 801-361-8196 (text or voice) On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 11:01 PM, Jacob Albretsen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday, June 23, 2015 09:00:07 PM Brian J. Rogers wrote: > > What would be the advantage of having both PLUG and BYU UUG? I'm not > asking > > sarcastically, I'm genuinely curious. They seem to be geographically too > > close with not enough active members (from what I've observed) to > > necessitate two groups. Am I wrong? > > UUG (and groups at other universities) can recruit new members on campus. > We > had booths every fall for recruitment. And I'm fairly positive PLUG would > not > be allowed to have a booth. And UUG was not allowed to sponsor the SCO > protest, so it was a win-win at the time. > > I'm not sure how to explain it.... the university student experience.... is > different than a local group. > > I've seen Linux groups come and go at universities. If I remember right, > at > one time we had PLUG, the UUG, and a group at then UVSC. This was all > back in > the days (early to mid 2000's) of what I would call the "Linux Revolution". > Microsoft was the "evil closed-source company" that was taking over and > assimilating everyone. Why would you buy a car with the hood welded > shut? We > were the underdogs trying to fight for our right use the source and not > have to > pay the Microsoft tax on our Dell computers. We wanted to make our voice > heard. Many Linux fanboys were born in those days, then grew to know > better. > Good times. > > Now.... things are different. Our Android phones all come with the hood > welded > shut. Go figure. > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
