Re: [activities] Re: Introducing... iSLUG 2.0!
Scott Finneran <[email protected]>
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Perhaps it's consumer backlash against the product name. You should deny that you were trying to stir up controversy, adopt a more conventional branding and post again. Scott Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > I haven't had any responses to this offer. We are making an attempt to > increase community participation in SLUG, but if nobody is interested > then we could just scrap the idea. > > > 2009/10/10 Sridhar Dhanapalan <[email protected]>: >> *ahem* >> >> Now that I have your attention... >> >> With our resettlement to Google complete, we feel that we can start to >> take better advantage of our new facilities. SLUG has long been a >> leader of the FOSS community in Sydney. With increased awareness and >> normalisation of FOSS in recent years, we have seen many other groups >> sprout. This this is a good thing, but we can do even better with some >> co-operation and cross-pollination. >> >> With this in mind, we are thinking of running BoFs* alongside the main >> SLUG meeting this month. A community member will be required to >> co-ordinate each BoF. If you think you can run one, please let us know >> the topic of the BoF you want to run, and we'll see if we can >> accommodate. It would also be nice if we could get an approximation of >> how many people would would expect at your BoF, so that we can >> allocate enough space. >> >> If you want to see a BoF on something, mention it on the >> [email protected] list and see if any one else is interested. >> >> BoFs are intended to be informal, so we don't expect presentations or >> other prepared material (although we can accommodate if you wish to do >> so). >> >> The details of the next SLUG meeting are at http://slug.org.au/node/119 >> >> If you are going to the meeting, please sign-up online using the link >> in that announcement. That will allow us to organise adequate catering >> and facilities. If you aren't sure, please sign up as a 'maybe'. >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Sridhar >> President, SLUG >> >> >> * BoF = Birds of a Feather session >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds_of_a_Feather_(computing) >> >> >> >> -- >> Bring choice back to your computer. >> http://www.linux.org.au/linux >> > > > > -- SLUG Activities Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html