Has anyone conciderd a web-based user group rather than a mailing list? I
find them much easier to use and to search for previous articles and they
don't fill my inbox with junk.
Lucia Cosima Eiselstein wrote:
> Hello Henri,
>
> sounds very good. I would volunteer for that project and hope that there
> are some more people than Matthias and me who join into the management
> and who are willing to fill such a project with content.
>
> The question now is: What are the next steps?
>
> Hope that my idea is not too "big" for me because I'm just trying to
> create my first site with midgard and puzzled up completely. I hope that
> I learn enough for my own project by engaging into the user group...
> :-)
>
> Btw: There is the "Linuxtage" ( one of the biggest or even the biggest
> fair in Europe concerning Linux) from July 5.-8. 2001 in Stuttgart (
> http://www.linuxtag.org ) and non-commercial projects get a booth there
> if they want. If there would be some guys who would volunteer for a
> Midgard-booth, I would ask the people who organize this event, if
> Midgard still can participate with a (free) booth. It is necessary that
> there would be some people who really can demonstrate Midgard and it's
> handling, either in English or German. The time is short but I think
> this would be a first and great opportunity for presenting Midgard and a
> Midgard- User-Group in Germany. #
>
> But one step after the other..
>
> Regards,
>
> Lucia
>
> Henri Bergius wrote:
> >
> > Greetings!
> >
> > The discussion about a German Midgard mailing list got me
> > thinking about the possibility of having local Midgard
> > user groups in countries where there are many Midgard
> > users, especially in countries where people don't really
> > know English that well.
> >
> > As an online presence, the user group could have a small
> > sub-site as a part of the main Midgard site. This could
> > be in format of:
> >
> > * Mailing list
> > * Some translated documents
> > * Listing of local Midgard people
> > * Listing of local Midgard companies
> > * Event calendar?
> >
> > This could help new users to get into Midgard much more easily,
> > as they could have a source of information for getting local
> > help in their native language.
> >
> > In addition, these user groups could be a good way of
> > arranging Midgard events, maybe local workshops, or even
> > wider seminars.
> >
> > Is there interest for organizing these groups? If needed,
> > Nemein can provide some support for the user groups (MUGs?)
> > in the countries where we operate -- mainly Finland at this
> > point.
> >
> > /Bergie
> >
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