[Ubuntu-SG] Forked: Facebook groups & pages

[Muhammad Heidir]

On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 16:40 +0800, C David Rigby wrote:
> [It's going to drive me nuts trying to read a thread that combines so 
> many different topics. So...]
> 
> Heidir wrote:
> 
> In fact I just checked, there are 3 Facebook pages.
> 
> Original:
> http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=31239604821&ref=search&sid=ohR01mwbQ5ULp5SMN4Qcyg.3125030145..1
> Fork:
> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ubuntu-Singapore/323876166376?ref=search&sid=ohR01mwbQ5ULp5SMN4Qcyg.3125030145..1
> 
> Fork:
> http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=293160606769&ref=search&sid=ohR01mwbQ5ULp5SMN4Qcyg.3125030145..1
> 
> XP wrote:
> 
> http://www.allfacebook.com/2010/02/facebook-groups-pages/
> 
> My $0.02:
> 
> Let's ask the 2nd fork, Team Ubuntu Singapore (TUSG) to join "us". We 
> can make the name of our single, combined group "Team Ubuntu Singapore 
> (TUSG)" which contains both our name and the commonly used acronym.
> 
> The 1st fork, the business, is a leech. Doesn't seem like it is very 
> successful. Like all leeches, it'll drop off once it is sated or it 
> risks starving. I'm not inclined to pay it any further attention.
> 
> As far as page vs. group: why not both, indeed? We take on the 
> responsibility of maintaining both, but I see no reason not to do so. 
> Our group admins are myself, Heidir, Chew and John Thng. Heidir, seems 
> like we are the two active folks there. I'm OK to commit some more time 
> to the group. How are you set for such?
> 
> Yi Hao has volunteered to create the page. I suggest:
> 
> 1. Use the name Team Ubuntu Singapore (TUSG)
> 2. Grab content from the group, link to it if feasible (note m lack of 
> deep knowledge of FB tech here)
> 3. Recruit yourself an administrative assistant so that you have a back 
> up if needed.
> 
> For both group and page: we (I) should learn better the available 
> applications we can add to the group and the page. If we are going to 
> commit to maintaining these resources, we owe it to ourselves to 
> leverage them as much as possible.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 

Just a reminder, not to get our resources spread too thinly.

We can use Facebook group as a place to discuss besides the Mailing
List.
And the fan page as tool for us to spread and let the rest know that WE
DO EXIST!

I've talked to a few people whom I met at Hackerspace after the
Ubuntu/SLMG meeting, one of them told me that he knows a lot of local
startups using Ubuntu mainly as their workstation, but he have not heard
about the existence of our group. How sad is that?

We are the so-called "official" team representing Ubuntu in Singapore,
yet we are still "unheard" of.

We need to make a statement of some sort. If we can do it in Facebook,
let it be done!

Muhammad Heidir

Launchpad: ~heidir
Team Ubuntu Singapore 


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