>I'd like to ask if will be a section in mageia.org for
local
>communities or will remain the same way as in
forum.mandriva.com with
>redirections to the locale forums (except french that
is
>integrated in the official forum)
>
>What will be the needs for a local community ?
>The wiki will be in the mageia.org, the central page
(blog) will be translated as now, so we will need only a forum and/or a blog
(for announces,articles about local
events/issues) ?
>
>
> I like this idea. Then not every community needs to have
their own webspace / server. All donations for the full infrastructur would go
directly to the mageia association, not to the local communities.
> Also it would be clear for new user where to find help in
every
> language. And there will be one "official" community (having
more then
> 1 board for the same project is waste of knowhow, time, money
etc.)
In general I agree to your points. Centralizing but at the same time
preserving the room for all local communities to extend to their own
capabilities and taste.
But at the same time there may be already existing local communities
who would like to "do their own style" - no problem, they can still be a part
of the overall Mageia world.
As for donations, it is something different. We want local communities
to be active in their area, to organize and/or participate in local events,
start local actions, etc. This costs money (I know it, been there). We
have to give those community room for that. And btw: we can not tell donators
who they have to give their donations to :)
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wobo
I thought you as mandrivauser.de administrator will answer me :)
Mandrivauser.de is a good example to demonstrate what I mean. Soon after the
announcement of mageia some german people found an mageia board, and called
them self the first german mageia community or something like this. So we
already have (had? I don't know if that board still exists) 2 boards, 2
communitys. Waste of knowhow, time, money..
I'd like to see something like ubuntuuser.de for the whole community in all
languages. Blog, Portal, Board and Wiki integrated.
Defining a local community should happen throught engagement (in local events,
activ writing in board/wiki/blogs etc.). This is possible with centralised and
non-centralised community.
Sry for this formatting. I have to use outlook..
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Lucas Betschart
