[Ubuntu-us-wisconsin] Why the inactivity?

[Samuel J. Klein]

Hi Simon,

I added myself to the Planet. It's great you can provide a Planet for a 
local group.

Concerning Dreamwidth, I would like to hear if _two_ others would be 
interested first.

Thanks,

Sam

On 05/01/2016 08:53 PM, Simon Quigley wrote:
> Good evening,
>
> Mike Putnam wrote:
>> I've drifted away due to a personal disinterest in evangelizing Ubuntu
>> or trying to create converts.
> To an extent, I agree. It gets repetitive after a while. But I think
> that if some members want to do some things and others do, well, other
> things, this will help, so not everybody has to evangelize. We just need
> to find members to do that.
>
>> I'd like to "talk shop" with other Ubuntu users who already have an
>> interest. Maybe learn how others are directly participating in open
>> source (so that I may join them). Or demonstrate ways I've found success
>> with Ubuntu.
> I do too. :)
>
>> Further, I think that an in-person gathering or communal project would
>> need to come *AFTER* a stable, somewhat closely-knit, group of people
>> exist who communicate regularly - "a community". In our situation that
>> community would need to be online due to geography.
> I agree, but it's definitely something to keep in mind.
>
>> P.S. I find it heartening that this conversation thread even exists, as
>> it demonstrates that there is already some amount of online community
>> somehow interested in Ubuntu, in Wisconsin(ish). Let's figure out how to
>> keep it alive by staying in contact online and via email.
> I do too, let's keep up the trend. ;)
>
> Sam Klein wrote:
>> Many people may say -- go do this, etc. and then when you're there,
>> people will respond. But honestly, I think it's best if the team did
>> what it was most comfortable with and something that they can engage as
>> much to or as little as they want/need.
> I agree.
>
>> I think one approach is to use a decentralized blogging community to
>> keep people engaged -- like Planet Ubuntu [2]. This way -- we can stay
>> in our own counties -- never needing to head off to some arbitrary town
>> every month.
> Well we shouldn't have frequent meetings that requires long drives.
> Maybe a release party every 6 months. :)
>
> And, we have a planet for this LoCo[1] hosted by my friend Thomas
> Ward[2]. If you want to be added/removed from that, let me know. You can
> also submit a pull request[3] or if you don't want to do that, send me
> patch mail.
>
>> If few of our members have websites, we can use Dreamwidth, a
>> decentralized journaling web application that you can register with
>> using either Dreamwidth or an OpenID account. Members can subscribe to a
>> "community" account and post to it. I could set it up.
> Set it up, let's try it out and see how it works. :)
>
>> For physical meetings, I propose a yearly meeting instead or bi-yearly
>> if the first meeting is fun enough. That way we get pictures of all
>> Ubuntu users, have some drinks (or not), play some FreeCiv or RedEclipse
>> on our Ubuntu/Debian machines, and then maybe do some minor official
>> things -- like talk about resources or future plans for the group.
> I really like this idea, I'll start a separate thread tomorrow after I
> get our mailing list situation sorted, it could be a release party or an
> informal get-together. Let me know in that thread tomorrow. :)
>
> [1] http://planet.ubuntu-wisconsin.org/
> [2] https://launchpad.net/~teward
> [3] https://github.com/ubuntuwisconsin/planet.ubuntu-wisconsin.org
>
>
> Josh Hertel wrote:
>> Others have pretty much covered what I think. In 2006/2007 I had a lot
>> of interest in trying to spread the word about Ubuntu, but then life got
>> in the way of things. I'm not as interested in converting folks
>> nowadays, but I'm happy to talk shop when I meet a fellow user. I also
>> enjoy reading posts from this community, info from the local LUG, and
>> helping (a little) with Full Circle Magazine.
> I agree, and I think this is generally a shared interest. But there is
> probably *someone* who wants to evangelize. Speak up! ;)
>
>> During the school year, life is pretty hectic for me (as others have
>> noted on another thread) so I'm pretty much in read mode with emails
>> (responding only when necessary).
>  From what I've heard, high school will be a lot more hectic than 8th
> grade(what I'm in now). If this is the case, I still have summer,
> weekends, and winter/spring break. :)
>
>> Regarding a physical meeting, I don't think I'd really be drawn to an
>> install fest. However, if there were some community-focused project that
>> a member needed help with (e.g., installing computers in a community
>> center, updating machines in an existing place), that would probably
>> draw me in.
> Would you be drawn to the sort of meetup Sam described earlier?
>
>> Like Mike, I also appreciate the conversation and the energy.
> I do too, let's keep it up. :)
>
> Thank you all for your feedback and have a nice evening!
>

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