Hello, OGB. The Advocacy CG has approved this UG Project proposal. As
Advocacy facilitator, I submit the proposal for instantiation.
Jim
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Proposal for Bloomington OpenSolaris User Group Project (BTN-OSUG)
Purpose: To drive awareness and adoption of OpenSolaris in the the
vicinity of Indiana University, in Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
List of Community Groups Sponsoring the project:
Advocacy Community Group
List of project team members:
Phillip Steinbachs (OS id: pds), primary contact
Elijah Wright (OS id: elijah)
Project Description:
The purpose of this project is to spread OpenSolaris awareness within
the student and professional computing community in the area around
Bloomington, Indiana. We perceive that a significant number in this
community will be interested in learning more about OpenSolaris and
related technologies.
Our ultimate goal is to foster OpenSolaris adoption in labs and student
projects, and improve campus support for OpenSolaris and related
distributions primarily through education and mutual support. We
anticipate that current IU faculty and staff, as well as alumni residing
in the region around Bloomington, may be willing to make significant
contributions towards these efforts.
The project will archive such contributions as relevant student
projects, presentations, documentation, code, and other material to its
project space on the OpenSolaris site.
Project Needs:
This project requires project space on OpenSolaris.org site. The project
also requires a mailing list. Suggested list name is ug-btnosug at
opensolaris dot org.
Related Projects:
We plan to closely monitor the activities of nearby OSUGs, as well as
the local ACM and Unix user groups, in order to seek out opportunities
for collaborative OpenSolaris promotion in the region.
Proposed activities:
We plan to initiate workshops and user group meetings in our area, with
a focus on promoting the competitive advantages of using an OpenSolaris
distribution for research, development, and teaching. Stage 1 of this
will be to gather membership and further support from the university and
community. Stage 2 will be active development of promotional activities,
drawing both upon local experience and materials already produced by the
OpenSolaris community. Further activities will be determined as demand
and our community grow.
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