Greetings members of Baton Rouge LUG! I'm Kevin "Yeaux" Dupuy (or just Kevin Yeaux, whichever you prefer :-)), a member of the openSUSE Project based out of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Last year, I and a number of others started a Local User Group initiative inside the openSUSE Project. What we're doing, instead of creating individual organizations like Ubuntu w/ the LoCo projects, is working to simply have an openSUSE "Ambassador" or two (the naming isn't final yet, we're still working on several details of the program, which won't really affect our relations) at local Linux User Groups, thus having a de-facto openSUSE User Group without splitting out from the main local organization.
We've had a wiki page for openSUSE Users Louisiana up for some time, and I've gotten several requests for information from people just recently into joining the org., which is why I've placed sending this email and begin relations into working with the BRLUG onto the front burner :-). Just so we're clear, what we'd be doing is we'd have an "ambassador"-like figure on the openSUSE side of things, which would work with the openSUSE Project to introduce new people (openSUSE users, primarily) into this organization, but to ya'll (the BRLUG) the Ambassador would be just another member of the group. Interested in hearing your comments, questions and concerns. Let me introduce myself, BTW. I began using Linux in 2003, and was using it on and off until 2005 when I made the switch. I became involved with the openSUSE Project shortly after it's launch in 2005 and mainly work in several areas: bug testing (which is just kinda standard for most members ;-) ), marketing and promotional materials, and the Artwork team (by opening up the previously closed team into the community for involvement). -- Kevin "Yeaux" Dupuy openSUSE Member www.twitter.com/KevinDupuy _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
