[ubuntu-za] Fwd: [Ubuntu-za-maties] LoCoTeam Election - Maties Ubuntu

[Walter Leibbrandt]

Op 27/01/2010 18:02, Hilton Gibson het geskryf:
>
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage)
> <jonathan at ubuntu.com>  wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 4:30 PM, David Rubin<drubin at ubuntu.com>  wrote:
>>> I am not sure how many of Ubuntu-za fall into the Stellenbosch and
>>> surrounds area but thought I would pass it on any way.
>>>
>>> Sorry if you have gotten this before.
>>
>> So they *have* to register as a complete loco team to get recognition
>> as a group at the university? Sounds kind of messed up since our
>> current loco team is still so small.
>>
>> -Jonathan
>>
> Its political about support.
> The campus IT managers want an "official" self-supporting channel to
> point linux users to.
> Its kinda win-win if you think about it.
Hi,

Could you maybe explain how this is win-win? This sounds, to me, like 
something that will, in all likelihood, fragment the existing LoCo 
rather than support it.

Ubuntu LoCo's are not (and are not supposed to be) LUGs: we're not that 
interested in Linux users, but rather Ubuntu people. Starting a globally 
registered Ubuntu LoCo to support Maties Linux users seems inappropriate 
and rather monopolistic (in terms of other distro's). If the IT managers 
want a Linux support channel, I would suggest reviving the Stellenbosch 
LUG. Register it as a student organisation (if it isn't already - I hope 
it's easier than at Tuks) and you have all the officiality you need.

I fully agree with Jonathan that splitting this still small LoCo does 
not sound like a good idea. Whatever an Ubuntu ZA Maties LoCo can 
achieve is probably more successfully achievable by an official Maties 
LUG with a strong Ubuntu (ZA) presence.

If you have the interest and think you can make it work, then I guess 
it's up to you guys. However, I urge you to reconsider.

What do the rest of you think?

Regards,
-- 
Walter Leibbrandt                  Software Developer
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