>-----Original Message-----
>From: Chris Herrnberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 9:55 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [admin] my 2 cents on CLUE
>
>
>On July 15, 2002 08:40 am, Anthony de Boer wrote:
>
>> Yes, OLS is just a wee bit extremely technical; if you're not a code
>> wrangler you're probably out of your depth there. For what it is, I
>> think it's extremely important, and it certainly puts Canada on the
>> international Linux map, but something targetted at the average user
>> might be useful too.
>
>No argument from this end, other than OLS and CLUE IMHO target
>different
>audiences and have to some degree different reasons for
>existence. I think
>that they could be supportive of each other but if we look at
>the current and
>pending user base they definitely target different audiences,
>hence different
>purposes. The majority of users or not code wranglers and will
>not be so
>pariticulariy as market share increases.
I agree. It's my opinion that the 'technical' Linux user base is already
fairly established across Canada with the majority of technical users being
LUG members. There are also a number of non-technical end-users who are
members of LUGs of course, but it's been my experience that non-technical
Linux users tend to become disenfranchised with their LUGs fairly quickly as
the topics discussed are usually of a technical nature. This happenned with
TLUG in Toronto and the result was the formation of NewtLUG (as a SIG, I
think) to accommodate people who just want to use Linux, not hack it.
CLUE directly and/or indirectly will target both. How this happens remains
to be determined, however, one possibility is drawing on the experience in
Toronto and developing a NewtLUG program nation wide within the LUGs.
Similarly, CLUE advocacy projects will hopefully increase the use of Linux
in many sectors across Canada, thereby increasing the number of Linux
oriented jobs for the techies out there.
>
>> There was an effort to get an event called SOLE happening in
>Hamilton;
>> I never heard any confirmation that it really was happening, and
>> suspect it got derailed. OTOH, that's the one venue for which you
>> should have an easy time getting Bob Young to send some RedHat
>> support, considering he's originally a Hamilton boy.
>
>Yes I was watching with enthusiasm what came of that, Bob's
>presentations in
>Hamilton etc. but unfortunately nothing materialized.
>
>> > For example:
>> >
>> > A winter show/conference in Victoria/Vancover et al: BC
>>
>> There probably needs to be a combination of a strong LUG to run such
>> an event, together with some CLUE support to help contact and
>> co-ordinate the appropriate big names (speakers, vendors,
>sponsors).
>> I don't think CLUE can just parachute into a random venue and make
>> things happen.
>
>Yes you are correct, but that does not negate the possibility
>that a "CLUE"
>could organize with the support/cooperation of local LUG's
>national events
>at what ever frequency is reasonable. CLUE could provide the overall
>planning and logistics and the local LUG could provide the on site
>administration and organizational activities. Events such as these are
>essentially massive logistics exercises that easily can exhaust the
>resources and capabilities of any single LUG.
>
>Chris H.
>
>
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