Tim Foster wrote: > On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 09:34 -0800, Aaron Houston wrote: > >> Hi...I am new to the list... but I can add that for the University >> Java User Groups; >> > > Well, OpenSolaris User Groups are not Java User Groups (for one thing:-) > > My take on it would be to let user groups form as easily as possible - > if there's sufficient interest in the user group, you shouldn't need > faculty supervisors. > > I'd be delighted that students were interested in forming a user group > at all rather, than insist they go and talk to "The Man" to get one > setup. [ which might be a bridge too far, if the faculty had some sort > of policy against teaching UNIX ] > > Worst case, a user group goes dormant when the current leader graduates > - whenever a new student comes along who's interested in reviving the > group, they can just go ahead and do that. > > Why are we making this harder than it needs to be ? >
At this point I'd agree. We have had a few UGs that have been abandoned, and it's been a bit of a pain in the butt for me tracking people down, but really it hasn't been that many. 10-15 or so. Since we are pretty well organized now, I'm ok with not requiring a faculty advisor. I'd like to relax things a bit and grow faster. Jim -- http://blogs.sun.com/jimgris
