There is no problem with meet ups and events. Calling it s cork loco is however a issue. We all operate under the official recognized  Irish loco. Even in the UK or France they all operate under the one umbrella.  I give this advice with my loco council hat on. Laura Sent from my HTC ----- Reply message ----- From: "Rory McCann" <rory@technomancy.org> Date: Thu, May 6, 2010 17:24 Subject: Cork users group To: <program.option.argument@gmail.com> Cc: <ubuntu-ie@lists.ubuntu.com> On 03/05/10 22:26, Steffen Franke wrote: > Hi Ubuntu Folks, > > I would like to bring an Ubuntu Cork users group into being. My forum > name is omalley - real name Steffen. Running Ubuntu since 2008, before > this I did use SuSe 7.x+ occasionally. > > Anyone from Cork/Co. Cork out there who would be interested? > > Regards, Go for it! Cork is big enough.  I think there have always been new people at all of the events in Dublin. There are always people who come out of the woodwork and turn up. There are more Linux/Ubuntu people out there than you'd think. It's impossible to know beforehand that it won't work. Built it and they will come. I don't think you need to worry about 'being offical', don't get distracted by beaurocracies, focus on building a community. Communities can be small. 3 people who only met through Ubuntu, who go for a monthly pint are a community. If you can do that, then you've just created "Cork LoCo". My advise is to just do it. Pick something you'd like to see happen (pint of the day, ubuntu hour, conference, geeknic, release party, etc.) and just do it. Pick a date and time, and email people. In my experience people will just turn up on the day. If you want any Lucid CDs for events, gimmie a shout, and I'll send you some that Canonical sent us. Best of luck! Rory