Two, maybe more, groups

[Ian Weisser]

On Thu, 2016-08-25 at 09:22 -0500, Douglas A. Whitfield wrote:
> On 24 August 2016 at 22:22, Ian Weisser <ian-weisser at ubuntu.com>
> wrote:
> > We are a distributed group over a large territory, and have not
> > found a
> > way to make collaboration and shared interests work yet. We hang
> > out in
> > different spaces, we are interested in different projects, we are
> > different ages. The only thing we really have in common is a
> > general
> > desire to make Ubuntu better...and perhaps that's just not enough
> > yet.
>  Maybe something larger than a city, but smaller than a state would
> work. North and South would seem to be the easiest. The could get
> people involved in the group on a more regular basis. Maybe once a
> year people get together.
> 
> There are a lot of iterations, but there's also the Northwest,
> Northeast, Southwest, Southeast option. This basically ends up like
> separate MSN and MKE groups in the south, but maybe that is what is
> needed. 
Seems a lot like the regional Linux User Groups, which some already
participate in.
I recently finished a year on the board of the Milwaukee LUG.
I find membership in both the Ubuntu online community (including LoCo)
and LUG to be complimentary: Both provide cameraderie, training, and
technical support. Each has different strengths and weaknesses.
- Ian
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