I'd be willing to add an alphabetical list of consultants, including areas of specialty and contact information, to the links page. I'd rather not see areas of specialty become an ever-increasing field as each of us adds a new skill to one-up the next guy. Perhaps we can arrange a list of terms and allow each specialist to choose three or four? "Web development, web hosting, mail hosting", for example. Let's get a generic list of skills, maybe 10-20 distinct areas. Once that's presented, our consultants can pick three and send in their contact info to be posted.
This is a suggestion to a more-or-less democracy. I'd like to hear a couple "yea's" and give this a day or two to circulate before jumping on it, but it won't take long to finish if it's approved. -- -j On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, John Hebert wrote: > Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 09:23:53 -0600 > From: John Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [brluglist] Commercial work and BRLUG - how do we handle this? > was RE: [brlug list] Linux setup > > Edmund, > > Good idea. But, this could be a sticky situation as the BRLUG is considered > a non-profit, non-commercial entity. Also, as some of the organizers of the > BRLUG are also contractors/consultants (myself included), I would not want > to do anything that would appear to be unethical or biased in directing > potential work towards any particular members. > > So, BRLUG members, how do we handle this? I think that we should not > incorporate any business interests within the BRLUG, as the potential > competition between members could cause problems. But what is the > alternative? A consortium of Linux consultants in the BR area? Or something > more laissez-faire? Or what about simply providing a set of links (no ads) > on the www.brlug.net site to local consultants? > > I can see that this raises a lot of issues that we should deal with now, > before it becomes a problem. > > John Hebert > > -----Original Message----- > From: Edmund Cramp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 8:59 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [brluglist] Linux setup > > > Dear listmembers, > > It would be nice if there was a list somewhere of the local folks who > do commercial Linux installations - I've been interested in moving my > two NT servers to a UNIX/Linux environment for a while but there's very > little information to help the NT Admin port a business to Linux etc. > The BRLUG web page has a few links to "helpful" URLs but nothing that > appears to point a local Baton Rouge business to any local help. > Talking to the local Gateway and CompUSA folks gets the usual blank > stare... although Gateway were helpful in pointing me towards a local > FreeBSD shop. > > Edmund Cramp > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Behalf Of John Hebert > > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 7:56 AM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: [brluglist] Linux setup > > > > Dustin, > > > > Probably so, via Samba and specified user groups. I think he > > or she would also want a mail server if it is going to be a > > public server, as well as NAT, firewall, etc, etc. :) > > > > But, it sounds like someone should contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > soon to help implement this server. > > > > To [EMAIL PROTECTED], there are a number of people in BRLUG > > who do this kind of work for a living. I'll leave it up to > > the individuals to contact you directly. But be warned, the > > BRLUG membership as a whole will be extraordinarily helpful > > and interested in seeing a business implement Linux! > > :) > > > > John Hebert > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dustin Puryear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 10:54 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [brluglist] Linux setup > > > > > > I wonder if he means allowing users easy access to the site's > > content so that the content can be modified conveniently? > > > > Regards, Dustin > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Behalf Of Shannon Roddy > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 8:07 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [brluglist] Linux setup > > > > > > > > > Sure... What kind of integration into the network do you need? Just > > > file sharing, printing etc.? or do you need more than that? > > > > > > Shannon Roddy > > > > > > On Wed, 2001-12-26 at 19:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I am relatively new to Linux and have struggled with what > > > should be a relatively easy task. I am therefore searching for > > > someone to do the following. > > > > > > > > 1. Setup a basic website on a server using Linux > > > > 2. 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