On 28 Jan 2004 10:56:33 -0500 Bruce Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think you're doing the right thing - then advertise the effort to > the GNHLUG group. Sure, solicit help, (which you did), and it'll come > if there's sufficient interest. I think the issue rob is point out is that he did ask for help on the list. I think the only person other than me who responded was Randy out in the pacific. There is no mechanism for getting a few people together and mulling over a project, honing the details, and assigning responsibility to see it gets done. Sure one person can do big things. But if one person does a big thing on their own and manages to collect a follower or two, who did it and why should anyone say GNHLUG did it? Case in point. The Tech Coordinators organization for NH schools (NHSTE) is having a four day workshop next month on the use of Linux in schools. Yes, that is a workshop that lasts four days, all day and these educators are paying $550/person to attend. http://www.kannoncom.com/nhsteweb/pd/linux_workshops This seminar has some very interesting topics from the basics of Linux to showing how to to develop and deploy Linux in a school setting. The presenter is a person from Maine with national recognition for using Linux in a school. Is this something GNHLUG could help with, could GNHLUG provide assistance to school tech coordinators in learn, installing, and use Linux? Should the existence of GNHLUG be made known at the workshop as a valuable local resource. I would think so. I would hope so. Now, just how is that done? Do I as an individual have the right to speak for GNHLUG? Do I dare do it alone and set up GNHLUG for obligating itself to help educators in any way? If I wanted to get the OK from GNHLUG to inform workshop attendees of the resources available in GNHLUG, whom do I ask, what authority to they have to act or authorize? Without some way to follow through, I am not about to risk setting up the attendees for disappointment and failure in dealing with Linux and GNHLUG by bringing GNHLUG to their attention. So we are losing a great opportunity, IMHO, due to the lack of some minimal level of organization. If the deal is GNHLUG provides a venue to sit around and make snide comments about MSFT, fine. I just think GNHLUG should be more and should be a means of promoting Linux and helping those who want to explore it. I don't see it doing that without some level of organization. Maybe what is needed is a different organization. Obviously you caught me on a roll today. Ed Lawson _______________________________________________ Gnhlug-org mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org
