<html><head></head><body><div>On Thu, 2016-08-25 at 09:22 -0500, Douglas A. Whitfield wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">On 24 August 2016 at 22:22, Ian Weisser <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ian-weisser@ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ian-weisser@ubuntu.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote type="cite">We are a distributed group over a large territory, and have not found a<br> way to make collaboration and shared interests work yet. We hang out in<br> different spaces, we are interested in different projects, we are<br> different ages. The only thing we really have in common is a general<br> desire to make Ubuntu better...and perhaps that's just not enough yet.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div> 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.</div><div><br></div><div>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. </div></div></div></div> </blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Seems a lot like the regional Linux User Groups, which some already participate in.</div><div>I recently finished a year on the board of the Milwaukee LUG.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>- Ian</div><div><br></div></body></html>