Linux World / Network World 2006

[Colin McGregor]

--- psema4 <psema4-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On 10/18/05, Evan Leibovitch <evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> [...]
> > To me, it's mainly an advocacy gig -- providing
> non-vendor-biased
> > information and FUD-busting to show attendees, an
> extension of the
> > self-help model that spawned the LUG movement in
> the first place. Think
> > of a broader goal of growing the community, which
> is not the exact same
> > thing as growing LUG membership.
> [...]
> 
> I really like this suggestion.
> 
> With roughly 6 months available for research and
> prep, a FUD-Buster!
> style show along with an introduction to the
> self-help model might not
> be a bad idea at all.  Might even be a great way to
> ease LW attendees
> into the LUG concept - it has good guys, bad guys,
> self and communal
> development.  All kinds of neat things, without the
> need to get
> technical.

Spoke to Herb Richter earlier today and he is game to
do the April NewTLUG meeting at the show (there are
some details that I need to check on but it looks like
that may well come together). The main GTALUG meeting
will likely be a different story...

Any event, Herb Richter was noting that he has wanted
a "Which Linux Distribution Do You Choose When/Why?"
type meeting for some time, and he was suggesting that
might be a great topic for a meeting at the show. Here
we could have several people speaking about why they
like a particular distribution and why. 

Colin McGregor
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