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[Martin Owens]

> > I thought this was a local usergroup type place, not a help group.
>
> I consider our work advocacy.  To date our focus has been hosting and
> attending events to promote Ubuntu to potential new users

The Ubuntu LoCo is not a user group, please see BLU (Boston Linux user
group) if you want a user group. Our job is advocacy, looking after
the young ubuntu community, helping people to help the ubuntu project
and helping people help the community. We do fun things but we're not
a user group.

> > Why?  Then they would know, and not do it again.  Isn't that how life works
> > in pretty much any other area?
>
> Not everyone cares.  And in some cases, this type of unsolicited
> feedback can zap motivation to contribute further.

I'd argue that most people are not empathetic or experienced enough to
guide mistakes; for instance I would never leave such a job in the
hands of Paul because you've shown yourself to be quite socially
unskilled in dealing with people. After all, volunteers don't have to
spend their time with us; and most of these people are not interested
out of a fascination with the technology. They are here in fact
because they want to do good and they want to be a part of a good
community of people trying to make the world a better place.

Perhaps one day we can immortalise this on our wiki so people don't
make the mistake of thinking that Ubuntu Massachusetts is a user
group.

Regards, Martin owens