Re: ISTO

2005-10-28 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Oct 28, 2005, at 10:43, Ted Roche wrote: It does sound very similar to what the Summits have been proposing as the purpose of GNHLUG (as opposed to the purpose of the chapter LUGs, who hold meetings and focus more locally): Right, sorry if I wasn't clear - ISTO is a model for us to

Re: ISTO

2005-10-28 Thread Ted Roche
ates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com On Oct 26, 2005, at 9:10 PM, Bill McGonigle wrote: I came across this, ISTO - an offshoot of the IEEE which is either something like what we hope to be or we were hoping Linux International might be (at the AutumnalSummit2005): http://www.ieee-isto.org/faqs.

Re: ISTO

2005-10-28 Thread Bruce Dawson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ~From what I read of the site, the ISTO appears to be more of a 501(c)(6) [lobbying organization] than a "for the community" non-profit. This is reasonable for the IEEE, but is it reasonable for GNHLUG? ISTO does not appear to have

ISTO

2005-10-26 Thread Bill McGonigle
I came across this, ISTO - an offshoot of the IEEE which is either something like what we hope to be or we were hoping Linux International might be (at the AutumnalSummit2005): http://www.ieee-isto.org/faqs.html#5 The good news is we seem to have identified most of the potential issues