Thanks for the reply Martin. I was waiting to see if we heard back from Mike about the DNS records before I responded but figured I would get this conversation going again. I do feel that the website is a duplication of the portal/wiki and I also feel that perhaps it is not needed but I would like to keep the wiki. I was looking around the portal and I feel that it is too canned and does not offer up much personalization. If we could instead point the website to redirect to the wiki, I feel that there we can give a more personal presentation and point to the portal from there for the "heavy lifting".<div>
<br></div><div>I recognize that there may not be too much response to the call to action and it is a task that I am undertaking to build the team and spread the word. I wanted to get input from the members we have/had before I ask the members that come because I feel that our best source of input is from members that we have already influenced whether that be positive or negative. I am unsure about how many members we have here on the mailing list so I do not know how far that information reaches.<br>
<div><br></div><div>While I understand that many have been driven away from Canonical/Ubuntu because of some decisions made I do have a vision of a team that is more built around Ubuntu's ideals and maybe a little less on their technology. This does not mean I am not going to promote Ubuntu and I continue to use it, but I think the value add is more around building an enthusiastic community, with a solid support structure, that contributes in a way that is fun to the people within the community.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks for listening to my rant.</div><div><br></div><div>Adam Hathaway</div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 4:12 AM, Martin Owens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:doctormo@gmail.com" target="_blank">doctormo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hey Adam,<br>
<br>
Great to hear you're still on the case trying to get the group back on<br>
it's feet... see comments below.<br>
<br>
On Wed, 2011-11-02 at 00:15 -0500, Adam Hathaway wrote<br>
<div>> 1. Status of our website. What is the next step needed to bring this<br>
> back up and when/who will be doing this?<br>
<br>
</div>The website will be back when we have a machine to run it on. It might<br>
be time to consider that the website just isn't needed any more since<br>
the loco directory does the heavy lifting. We could always point the<br>
domain name at that while we work out the details.<br>
<br>
Mike do you have the DNS records?<br>
<div><br>
> 2. I am still looking for responses/actions to the MA LoCo Call to<br>
> Action<br>
> <a href="http://ahflossblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/ubuntu-ma-loco-call-to-action.html" target="_blank">http://ahflossblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/ubuntu-ma-loco-call-to-action.html</a>.<br>
> I feel that this is vitally important to the growth and future of<br>
> this<br>
> team and so my hope is you will all<br>
<br>
</div>The group is small, there are 2 Ubuntu Members still active; myself and<br>
paultag, who is a recent addition. There aren't many people to talk to<br>
inside the group yet. This is why whenever there is an event, we need to<br>
get the message out into the real world and not just to the mailing<br>
list; where hardly anyone will see it.<br>
<br>
Think about posting to university groups, other 'Linux' groups and<br>
various communities. This is Massachusetts, so we have to work hard to<br>
get over some of the bad impressions from a lot of existing Linux<br>
people. But we should also be looking out for new nontechnical users to<br>
join in too.<br>
<br>
Ubuntu remains the best community online and the best technology on the<br>
ground (almost every group uses it, just ask) but we've not been very<br>
good at getting people into the group.<br>
<div><br>
> 3. In the absence of our website it has been brought to my attention<br>
> that<br>
> our MASS wiki page,<br>
> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MassachusettsTeam/Information" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MassachusettsTeam/Information</a>,<br>
> has been neglected for years. I did some updating but I would love if<br>
> others could pitch in and help move the wiki page in the right<br>
> direction.<br>
<br>
</div>We should delete the wiki, all of the information should be either on<br>
askubuntu, loco-directory or other resources. Please don't be afraid to<br>
delete pages.<br>
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