[Ubuntu-SG] Update on the ubuntu.sg website, and thoughts on TUSG

[Chen Xiangpeng]

Hi,

I always thought that this mailing list is more of a user discussion group
:P In my opinion, the group here is a bit small to create significant
impact. There ain't a lot of Linux users in Singapore and Ubuntu-sg is a
even smaller subset. With this in mind, I suggest we focus on what small
groups can do with our limited manpower and resources.

In my opinion, the best thing we can do is to be an active part of the
overall Linux landscape in Singapore. The team has actively participated in
activities like SFD and such, which I think is a good idea to gain exposure.
The next thing we can focus on is Singapore-specific Ubuntu/Linux issues. A
year or two back, we did have people asking for help here on getting their
m1/singtel hwawei 3g dongles working with ubuntu. This is where we can be
useful, cause for anything more generic can probably be solved by
participating in the official ubuntu forums.

Regards,
XP

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 15:14, Ho Yi Hao Pipat <yihao.ho at gmail.com> wrote:

> All right,
>
> Let me get started. With the release of Windows 7and the success story
> people have behind it. It is no wonder that people start flooding to it.
>
> We cannot rely on just a website and expect people to give ubuntu a try. It
> will be best if someone can form a group/company to actually help people set
> up their new ubuntu computer to their specs.
>
> This would attract people to ubuntu or linux.
>
> So, to summarise it up, I personally think that if this group is to
> continue rather than be a place where people who know linux gather but
> rather a group to help, we should do more to attract people to use linux.
>
> The site is just one of the point.
>
> My honest opinion.
>
> With regards,
> Yi Hao
>
> +65 98574690
> yihao.ho at gmail.com
> yihao at statick.sg
>
> Store Admin,
> Statick.sg,
> Singapore's Premier Entertainment site.
>
>
> On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 2:48 PM, C David Rigby <c.david.rigby at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>  On Thursday 27,May,2010 10:52 AM, Ho Yi Hao Pipat wrote:
>>
>> Agreed. I haven't been participating in the event alot but reading through
>> all the emails taht I've received from you guys really makes me wonder if we
>> have any goals for us to achieve.
>>
>>  How about someone starting a discussion of our goals right here?
>>
>> With regards,
>> Yi Hao
>>
>> +65 98574690
>> yihao.ho at gmail.com
>> yihao at statick.sg
>>
>> Store Admin,
>> Statick.sg,
>> Singapore's Premier Entertainment site.
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Yi Hao,
>>
>> That is my intent! Sorry, I didn't mean to be at all subtle about it. {8->
>> David
>>
>>  On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 11:12 PM, albin <plainsunset at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>  I am new here....and i agree with David on what he said. About what we
>>> want this group to represent. I haven being in this group for long but i
>>> totally agree we need to know what this group stands for to better plan for
>>> its future.=)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 3:23 PM, C David Rigby <c.david.rigby at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello All,
>>>>
>>>> I exchanged emails with Billy AM earlier in the week. He is in Myanmar
>>>> currently, but he will be back next week. He said that he is happy to
>>>> update the DNS to point ubuntu.sg at whatever hosting account or other
>>>> solution that we settle on.
>>>>
>>>> We've discussed the web site a lot, and some of our past meetings have
>>>> discussed our organization (or lack there of) quite a bit. Before we
>>>> launch off pell-mell into another exercise in web site building, can we
>>>> agree on the answer to the question: what do we want our organization to
>>>> be?
>>>>
>>>> If we are just going to be an informal meet & chat group, I don't see
>>>> much need to put a lot of effort into a web site. This mailing list, our
>>>> wiki page at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SingaporeTeam and
>>>> Facebook/Twitter/SocNet-of-the-Month are more than sufficient.
>>>>
>>>> If we want to be more, what "more" do we want to be? What are the goals
>>>> of the group? We had an answer to that once, but then we all drifted
>>>> apart and went off to do other things.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry if this seems to be opening the same old can of worms again. I'm
>>>> happy to be a member of and support Team Ubuntu Singapore, but I want to
>>>> be efficient in my efforts. I do not have a clear definition in my mind
>>>> of what the group is or wants to be. So I think we need to have that
>>>> discussion first.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> David
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>> Because in the end.. you realize..
>>> its exactly what you needed.."
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