Well unfortunately I am entering into my "travel period" again, and having a time when I could meet physically with y'all is tough. On the 31st I will be in Spain, which makes it particularly bad, since any time that you could get together (i.e. the evening) would be wee hours for me.
I do suggest, however, that you change the topic of discussion from "Ubuntu SIG" to "SIG in general" and formulate guidelines for any SIG that might want to join, what it means for them and what they have to do to "meet the bar" as a SIG. In DECUS they had to have enough prospective members to have an set of officers (President, VP, Sec. and Treasurer) which meant that there was some set of people that the main DECUS group could contact. They also had to have a charter (telling what they were about) and a formed set of simple by-laws that allowed the officers to be elected (which typically came down to us re-electing the same ones each year...but there was a way to get rid of dead meat). What DECUS gave them was a contact list of new DECUS members so they could grow their group, and a 501c3 shield (granted, we do not have that, but we could get it). In the case of the Ubuntu SIG, we could look at a "co-SIG", but I think it would be better if we just offered GNHLUG Ubuntu SIG membership to the Ubuntu Co-lo members. Therefore GNHLUG Ubuntu SIG membership would not be tied to the Ubuntu Colo group and vice-versa. If we do this once, we can then apply it to any SIGs that want to join. md -- Jon "maddog" Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association Board Member Emeritus: USENIX Association (2000-2006) (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. (R)Linux International is a registered trademark in the USA used pursuant to a license from Linux Mark Institute, authorized licensor of Linus Torvalds, owner of the Linux trademark on a worldwide basis (R)UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the USA and other countries. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
