Aral Balkan wrote: > Hi Folkert, > >> Maybe a good idea to get some default structures up for the usergroups. >> >> > This sounds like a good idea. There is currently a setup where each > usergroup has its own web site on the OSFlash wiki. This is good in that > it keeps all groups together and gives them a quick way of updating the > site.
> Setting the goal for a minimum number of meetings might be another idea. > Is one a month too many? (It works well for our MMUG, for example, but > does take effort to maintain.) OTOH, it is good to have a fixed schedule > and goals, both for people running the groups and for members. > >> Peter reacted on the 'first topic ever' Dutch group, with the idea to >> make the group (groups i this case) original adobe groups. >> > I am not sure how it would work to combine the two. As you know, OSFlash > is independent of Adobe. I don't know what Adobe's take on this would > be, either or whether it would even be allowed within the terms of their > user group rules. What do other people think about this? > >> Further on, why not put usergroup community sites on the osflash urls >> like for the dutch osflash.nl. >> >> > I like this idea: It's a nice URL, simple. > > I don't like this idea: It can be seen as a Dutch version of OSFlash > instead of OSFlash. Now, that's not a bad thing but it would be almost > impossible to provide a literal Dutch translation of the OSFlash wiki > *and* keep it synchronized, etc. And then, if it's not synchronized, > we're going to get issues like: "Yeah, look at it on OSFlash." I did, > it's not there. "Oh yeah, that's only on OSFlash.nl", etc. I have a little different see on this. Especcially with in mind that osflash.org will always be the mothership of osflash, so everything what takes places in a usergroup and is importent to publish, it should be in the osflash.org/user_groups/language space. Also it still would be nice to have a lot of things (like project intro's) to get it translated. The translated things should also be in the namespace osflash.org/user_groups/language And maybe reffered to from the orgininal place ( the osflash (english) page which got translated ). >> The other way (which i think will happen if there is no 'exact' >> guideline) is having a osflash.org/user_group/dutch page >> > I would prefer this due to the reasons above. > >> with on that >> page more info about the group and links to maillist and external >> community url. >> >> > What community aspects do you require that are not being provided by the > Wiki and mailing list? Maybe we can work it into OSFlash instead of > having each user group implement its own. This is actually something > that MMUGs would benefit from too. It's such a hassle to maintain a > mailing list, site, etc. when all the MMUGs need the same features, > really. So, ideally, I would like to keep the user groups on OSFlash.org > and, if there's a need that's not being met, let's add the feature to > OSFlash instead of reinventing the wheel over and over. > > What do you think? I think it's ideally maybe the most 'wishfull' to get everything on the osflash 'network'. What community needs are there, well till now there is been asked for an aggregator ( jumping in the air while thinking, that is the work of mxna ). Then if we all drive to osflash.org/user_groups/language it would be nice if that usergroup can have it's own (navigation like) structure (and i do not mean a TOC here, but in the menu at the left. Now it's always al projects in the menu, while it would be wishfull (i guess) to have that space in the menu to put the usergroup navigation in (then the TOC can be used for it's purposes). Folkert _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
