Re: [activities] Re: Introducing... iSLUG 2.0!

Scott Finneran <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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
>>
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