On Sun, 2012-07-29 at 10:57 +0100, Sean Miller wrote: > We need to get LUGOG (Linux User Group of Glastonbury) going again, > haven't had a meeting for a couple of years, but the challenge is > exactly this... > > On 29 July 2012 10:18, Gareth France <gareth.fra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I didn't really picture it as being something so formal as having speakers > > really. At Reading nothing like that goes on and it's a very casual > > Nobody in the LUG seems to be able to agree on what they want. > > Some won't attend unless it's a formal speaker type setup ("I might as > well just go down my local and chat to Linux users online than travel > to drink with Linux users who probably don't know much anyway" etc.) > and others don't really want a formal presentation and would rather a > casual chat about shared problems etc. > > It's all really "horses for courses" and, unfortunately, we don't have > enough members to really sustain two courses. > > The other problem, of course, is that Linux is a kernel not an > Operating System so whilst the users no doubt have a lot in common > there is a lot that is different too.... we need to recognise that > most "Linux Users" are no longer trying to do obscure things from the > command line but are far more likely to be running applications and > (of course) we have the 90% of "Linux Users" who don't even know > they're "Linux Users" but are running the kernel on their Android > smartphones. > > Not to mention that if you get a Debian user, a KDE user on another > distro, a Gnome user and a Ubuntu together in one room there is > guaranteed to be fireworks. We have the challenge of "evangelism", > people not trying to help but rather convert, saying things like "that > wouldn't happen on *MY* distribution"... > > It's far too much effort for me, to be honest. I would *love* LUGOG > to restart, but I have no great confidence that it would survive for > more than another 2-3 meetings. > > Any ideas anybody could offer as to how one could make a LUG viable in > a sparsely populated area like Mid Somerset would be gratefully > received. > > Sean >
Sean, Serious suggestion.... Make up an Ubuntu flag, stick it on a pole with a Tux flag adjacent [above or below] and set up at the next Glastonbury festival. The people you meet will [hopefully] be a nice surprise, more open minded and may solve all those problems for you - and maybe sow a few seeds of their own. -- Cheers, Bill B. [SuperEngineer] ------------------------------ -Registered Linux User 523667- -Registered Ubuntu User 32366- -----Free as in Freedom------ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/