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

[Jim Grisanzio]

Phillip ... you have support so there's no need to leave this proposal 
open. I'm sending it to the OGB for instantiation with the approval of 
the Advocacy CG. I'll get your project and list set up early next week, 
so watch for private mail from me.

Thanks ... and welcome!

Jim
-- 
Jim Grisanzio http://blogs.sun.com/jimgris



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.
> 
> 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 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.
> ---
> 
> -phillip
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