Hi Brian,<div><br></div><div>I was the one who created that group on Facebook. It was intended to be separate but related to WPLUG. The description is (and I'll quote it in full here, since they'll be archiving that group):</div>
<div><br></div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div>"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; ">Here's an online gathering place for Facebook users from the Pittsburgh region who are interested in Linux, free software, open source, and the amazing things that this software lets us all do. If you've got a cool tip to share, then post it here.</span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; ">"We're particularly interested with the state of FOSS in the Pittsburgh region, though anyone may join. There's no particular affiliation here with WPLUG (the Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group), which we mention just so people will know about it. We're open to any and all folks interested in free and open-source software, even BSD users! We'll even play nice with Windows people who can't live without their favorite open-source tools and office productivity suites."</span></blockquote>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><br></div><div>Beyond the original setup, I didn't have much interaction with the group, partly because it didn't offer much interaction at the time. I'm not sure if creating a new group in the new format would be worth it. If someone did make such a new group, though, I'd join it.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Not sure what you could do, beyond using the typical channels, to recruit Linux professionals. I use a lot of open-source software, but I've had to work in Microsoft shops for the past decade. Personally, I'm currently seeking work, so I've been reading wplug-jobs. I don't recall why a separate jobs list was set up (it may have been to keep technical discussions in one place), but discussion of Linux jobs and the Pittsburgh job market on the main list would be germane.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-- Dave Ostroske</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Brian Roberts <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:blroberts@gmail.com">blroberts@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hey all,<div><br></div><div>I was just trolling the Pittsburgh social media outlets to post a Linux related job. (Hit wplug-jobs already) and noticed that the Facebook group will not allow new members because it is using an old group format.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Is the <span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold">Pittsburgh Linux and Open-Source Software Users </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5855908052" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5855908052</a> associated with WPLUG in anyway.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Also, does anyone have any pointers for trying to recruit Linux professionals in the Pittsburgh Area?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Brian</div><font color="#888888"><div><br></div>
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