[advocacy-discuss] Project Proposal: Bloomington Open Solaris User Group

[Jim Grisanzio]

+1

Thanks for this proposal, Phillip. Very comprehensive. Some minor 
questions below ...


Phillip Steinbachs wrote:
> ---
> 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.


Cool. We'll have to make sure we connect you with all the various 
university programs and contacts going on around OpenSolaris.


> 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 


Sorry for my ignorance but what is 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.

Cool. Works for me. Let's see if others have thoughts.


Jim
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