Heh... I was just about to suggest that. Beat me to the punch. I agree, it's probably a better idea to start a completely new group built around F/OSS ideals. I don't see a problem with most of us being a part of two similar groups simultaneously, and I'm not entirely sure I wanna forsake the Ubuntu connection if we have a choice. I think it may be a bad idea to just drop Ubuntu sponsorship, partially because of "Brand Recognition". Out of all the linux distros out there, Ubuntu is probably the best known to people who don't know anything whatsoever about linux. On the other hand, I agree with Danny as well that we shouldn't be locking ourselves into one distro, else we face the same kind of problem that proprietary systems face (Sure, we can change it as much as we want, but then it's no longer really Ubuntu, now is it?). --Wesley <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 8:19 AM, J.M. "Peng" Hardin <<a href="mailto:peng.thinkblue@gmail.com">peng.thinkblue@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div title="signature">Great questions and comment, all. I haven't been anywhere near as active in the LoCo as I'd like, but would it be possible to set up a secondary but parallel group to promote GNU/Linux in general, without being distro-specific? I'm sure it's a lot more work than I realize, but it might give us the best of both worlds. I'm not sure how realistic the idea is, but I wanted to throw it out in case it's not as idiotic an idea as I think it may be. <hr> J.M. "Peng" Hardin My Blog: <a title="I'm Just an Avatar" href="http://nancib.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">I'm Just an Avatar </a>Follow me on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/BostonPeng" target="_blank">@BostonPeng</a> </div> -- Ubuntu-us-ma mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-ma@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-us-ma@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ma" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ma</a> </blockquote></div>