[Ubuntu-SG] Just some suggestion

Wed Mar 7 01:26:30 UTC 2007

On Monday 05 March 2007 17:57, Harris Ngan wrote:
> Yes I think if we have the resources. It will be great to have a forum.

Oh Definitely we do have resources. 

> I think that will attract abit more people as well but beware of 'spam'.

It will be member only forum so there shouldn't be spams.

> So we gotta find a good software for accomplishing that.

phpBB2 ?

> But while if we go ahead with a forum, we must ensure that we are somehow 
different from the main ubuntu forum. Most singaporeans speak english and 
they might just find it more beneficial to go to the main.We do need a team 
to ensure things are going fine but it seems that there are only 3 active 
members so far.:P Any suggestion?

Thats why most forums fail. Unless the topic is large enough , most of the 
traffic will go to the main site only. With Ubuntu , the topic isn't that 
large and most of the hacks and tips can be found on the main forum. Another 
thing is that Singapore's small population. 

A loco team in Beijing , 15 million or so ,  is about 3 times larger than the 
whole of Singapore. And thats just one city. China Ubuntu Team has potential 
membership of 1+ billion people. They also have opportunities that we don't 
have. Volunteering opportunities. They can help out with local schools to 
teach IT skills. Thats a very good way to attract members and get a good 
press release.

Here , the situation is different. Where can we help? Almost every homes have 
computers. Every schools have computer classes loaded with Windows. All are 
supported and controlled by MOE. So our hands are tied to online only... Sigh

regards
billy

> HarrisDate: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 12:01:26 +0800From: xp at xp.sgTo: 
> ubuntu-sg at lists.ubuntu.comSubject: Re: [Ubuntu-SG] Just some suggestionoh
> did i hit the reply instead of reply to all? my bad :PIt'll be cool if we
> have a forum, easier for the new guys to check up on the older
> discussions.XPOn 3/5/07, Maung Myat Thu @ Billy Aung Myint
> <billy at ubuntu.sg> wrote:
> On Sunday 04 March 2007 21:53, you wrote:> We can always switch to a web
> forum!Yup , we can always have a web forum. BTW , is it me or your email
> was onlyme ? I didn't see the mailing list address in CC.
>
> regardsbilly>> regards> XP>> On 3/4/07, Maung Myat Thu @ Billy Aung Myint 
<billy at ubuntu.sg> wrote:> > On Sunday 04 March 2007 18:15, kwun ho Ngan 
wrote:
> > >> > Oh , I am just a guy who got itchy hands enough to start the group.
> > >> > That> > doesn't make me special or anything... Oh hmms ... you mean
> > >> > if you reply> > to> > the list , it only goes to the sender ? Can't
> > >> > be. Surely everyone on this
> > >
> > > list can see the mails ... no ? Thanks for the encouragement :P> >> >
> > > regards> > billy> >> > > Hi Bill,    I certainly will give you to
> > > support to change since i feel
> > >
> > >> > it> >> > > is useful. However, you are the team leader. You should
> > >> > have your say.> >> > Also> >> > > there are more senior members in
> > >> > the group that will have better
> > > >
> > > > suggestion.    I think it might be good if you can gather a team of>
> > > > >> > yours> >> > > to achieve this goal. You can never clap with just
> > > > one hand. This will
> > > >
> > >> > also> >> > > ensure you have enough time to oversee the entire
> > >> > progress and get the> > > necessary things done:)   P.S. I m not
> > >> > sure if it is just me. But> >
> > >
> > > whenever> >> > > I try to reply to the mailing list, I always end up
> > > replying just to> > > the sender. Just like the last mail. So probably
> > > we should change the> > > way
> > >
> > >> > the> >> > > mailing list is sent and replied. Privacy in a certain
> > >> > way is good. I> >> > don't> >> > > mind to review my email but there
> > >> > might be people who don't:)    Keep
> > > >
> > > > up the good work.CiaoHarris> > >
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