[wplug-plan] Various things regarding FreeBSD and wplug

[Jeremy Dinsel]

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-j

On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 18:21, Jeremy Dinsel wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 11:32, Bill Moran wrote:
> 
> > Taking this into consideration (since I wasn't aware of it before) I
> > would suggest the following:
> > 1) Don't make any changes if it's going to overburdon someone.  The BSD
> >     community is very accustomed to visiting LUGs and hanging out with
> >     Linux folks, because of Linux's larger mindshare.  Therefore,
> >     following POLA, BSDers are not going to be surprised by a LUG that
> >     also caters to BSD, while Linuxites may be surprised by BSD suddenly
> >     being thrown into the mix with Linux.  So don't overburdon anyone.
> > 2) Simply make it well known that wplug is BSD-friendly.  Perhaps a
> >     special page on the wplug.org site that explains the LUGs
> >     interaction with the local BSD community, as well as having the LUGs
> >     existance announced on the various BSD project's web sites.
> > 3) I don't know how much time/effort is required to be on the board, but
> >     I may be interested in doing so, if people would like, and the time
> >     requirement is not _too_ great.
> > 4) I agree that adding extra meetings is A Bad Idea(tm).
> 
> I'm going to ask you to do all of this work. It seems like the right
> thing to do. :) Can you come up with some information that you would
> like to be presented on the web pages concerning BSD? We'll setup a link
> to either a full page, a set of pages or just put a "Oh and if you like
> BSD, come on over :)" ... whatever works best.
> 
> 3) We're going to be asking for nominations and volunteers to join the
> board within a few weeks. Keep your ears perked up. 
> 
> 4) Extra meetings are a thing for the future. If the BSD group really
> takes off, then it might make sense to seperate the meetings, but that's
> a future discussion.
> 
> > > Realisitically, if this is going to work, there needs to be a few
> > > extremely active and social BSD'ers willing to make the new list into a
> > > knowledgable and fun resource. Without smart, correct, and enjoyable
> > > traffic on the list, it's going to be really hard to grow the new group.
> > 
> > If it won't badly violate POLA, I think it might be better to simply use
> > the existing list for any BSD traffic as it occurs, and create a new list
> > if (and only if) the BSD traffic becomes a problem.
> 
> I'd prefer to start out with seperate lists. If the interest is very
> low, we can reconsider merging. Technically speaking, we haven't really
> voted on this notion and it's me that's driving the seperate list
> initiative. I can be out voted. 
> 
> -j
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Jeremy Dinsel <jeremy at wplug.org>
wplug.org
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