[Ubuntu-SG] Forked: Facebook groups & pages

Tue Jun 1 09:48:39 UTC 2010

On Tuesday 01,June,2010 05:24 PM, Ho Yi Hao Pipat wrote:
> Hmm, how about making this whole thing easier?
>
> I volunteer to handle Ubuntu.sg online stuff~
>
> So everything online shall handle?
>
> Any comments or idea?
> With regards,
> Yi Hao
>

OK by me to give this a try, if you have the time. The actual ubuntu.sg 
domain name belongs to BillyAM, and I hope to get together with him 
soon. He has to sign off on anything we plan of course, but I think he 
will be willing. You want also to admin both FB page and group?

What are everyone's thoughts on this?

Regards
David
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>
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>
>
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Chen Xiangpeng <xp at xp.sg 
> <mailto:xp at xp.sg>> wrote:
>
>     I've invited a few ubuntu using friends to join the group. I think
>     our profile is way too low :P
>
>     XP
>
>     On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 17:02, Muhammad Heidir <md.heidir at gmail.com
>     <mailto:md.heidir at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         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
>         <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
>         <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
>         <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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