-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 29 July 2002 09:24, you wrote: > CLUE's main asset is it's domain name of Linux.ca which will bring > random people to your website that are not already connected.
> While unfortunate for CLUE if the intention was to do advocacy, the > current best place to keep on top of "Linux, Open Source and Free Software > advocacy" in Canada is [EMAIL PROTECTED] assuming both of these statements are true, then perhaps the best thing to do would be to pool resources and coordinate. Canopener states on it main page that it aims to work with user groups, perhaps this is an excellent oppotunity to do so. CLUE could create an advocacy agenda and Canopener could be the service provider to accomplish that agenda, if you will. CLUE could funnel both man power and funds as appropriate into Canopener so as to remain focussed on serving user groups first and formost, and Canopener could reciprocate by showing results and coordinated efforts. this would represent a merging of agendas and sharable resources in a customer->provider type relationship without actually requiring a merging of the groups or a serious side-tracking of either group's agenda. > In circles already doing advocacy (which is where I spend most of my > personal tim), the new CanOpenER.ca is much better known even though it > hasn't been around as long as CLUE. CLUE is seen as a group supporting > LUGS , not as a group doing advocacy work. while i hate to say this: how well you are known in the advocacy circles is hardly relevant. how well known your efforts are to those not in your advocacy circles is. (note: not how well know you are known, but your efforts are known.) advocacy means advocating, and i can't find any links on canopener.ca showing what sort of advocating is getting done by those involved (so i can't comment on your efficacy). the FAQ isn't populated, and otherwise all that is to be found is a web board and some sparsely posted-to mailing lists. am i missing the link to the information i am searching for? your weblinks area is also broken, check out: http://www.canopener.ca/modules.php?op=modload&name=Web_Links&file=index&req=search&query=calgary.linux.ca (btw, i'm not sure why CLUG is in that category and not under Start / Canadian Linux User Groups (LUGS) / Alberta, or both.. or why the two are different categories at all....) we also have things like GOSLING. this is a nice idea, but i can't help but wonder why there is both a GOSLING and a Canopener? if we want to see action on the part of the government and private enterprise, we need a strong and coordinated voice. preferably one that receives validation from related national groups, such as CLUE. i guarentee you that as long as the groups remain splintered and non-aligned with competing or overlapping agendas very little change will be affected because very little will get done. we need a big wave, not a pond full of little ripples. - -- Aaron J. Seigo GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler" - Albert Einstein -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9RZYT1rcusafx20MRAhhzAJ4xpS8sJ9EnlMzSmLabPRR3x4WVUwCgpMxz XG1fenRU8Fba+LEAUOwOkXI= =fcAp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
