I am 100% in favor of an "enterprise" focused group in the Buffalo / WNY region. I also don't believe anyone should be excluded from such a group based solely on knowledge, experience, or professional position.<br>
<br>The linux groups in this area have largely been focused on Linux as a desktop replacement OS and it's largely been that way since I remember going to my first meeting way back when in the Statler. This isn't necessarily a bad thing as there needs to be a place where the casual user can go to learn and for mutual assistance. However, there is a definite need for the same type of sharing of information and networking opportunities among people who use linux in a server environment, software development environment, or even in other ways.<br>
<br>I would personally love to be involved in sharing information about some of the work I'm currently and have been doing, but it tends not to be the kind of thing geared towards the casual user. There tends to be a great group of highly talented people in this area - we just need to get some of them together once in a while and compare notes.<br>
<br>Brad<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 9:43 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tyler.poland@gmail.com" target="_blank">tyler.poland@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I'm not sure that any group of users should be excluded by declaring it to be an "Enterprise" level group. While that could be the focus I certainly wouldn't want to discourage new members or new users from coming out and learning.<br>
<br>Tyler<div><div></div><div><br><br><br>On Nov 25, 2008 9:13am, "Carver, Blake" <<a href="mailto:Blake.Carver@nypa.gov" target="_blank">Blake.Carver@nypa.gov</a>> wrote:<br>> <br>> I agree with Mark, though I'm not sure what advantage <br>
> there would be to having an enterprise level, I do like the idea of just one <br>> group, and one list, WNYLUG or whatever it's called.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> -Blake<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>
> <br>> From: <a href="mailto:nflug-bounces@nflug.org" target="_blank">nflug-bounces@nflug.org</a> <br>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:nflug-bounces@nflug.org" target="_blank">nflug-bounces@nflug.org</a>] On Behalf Of Mark Musone<br>
> Sent: <br>> Tuesday, November 25, 2008 9:02 AM<br>> To: <br>> <a href="mailto:nflug@nflug.org" target="_blank">nflug@nflug.org</a><br>> Subject: Re: [nflug] Meetings - A Brief History of <br>> NFLUG and its Future<br>
> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> I <br>> personally like the name WNYLUG. I think it best describes the geographical <br>> membership better than BPLUG or NFLUG. Upon speaking to Brian, he also like the <br>
> idea of having a more "Enterprise" level usergroup, and is willing to lead that <br>> one also (it might simply be a sub-group of WNYLUG). So, if it was up to me, I <br>> would merge NFLUG and BPLUG into WNYLUG and adopt the WNYLUG charter and mission <br>
> statement for the time being. The next WNYLUG meeting is December <br>> 10th. At that time, there will be voting for the leadership and <br>> acceptance of the mission statement and charter (note, even though Brian is <br>
> founding this and taking on the initial leadership, actual voting for all <br>> officers will be done). Anybody is welcome to come and not only vote, but put <br>> themselves up for election.<br>> <br>> <br>
> <br>> Once <br>> this is done, the next item that needs to be cleaned up is the mailing lists. I <br>> would suggest that the only mailing list that remains be WNYLUG. People can <br>> either manually sign up for wnylug, and at date certain, the nflug mailing list <br>
> be shut down. I strongly discourage having multiple Linux mailing lists be <br>> active at one time, It only encourages division of our local <br>> community.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>
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