[advocacy-discuss] reg- creation of new Open Solaris User Group(OSUG) for my University

[Jim Grisanzio]

I understand from off-list mail that this CA group will be part of the 
POSUG, so I'll take this proposal off the list.

Jim


Jim Grisanzio wrote:
> Hello, Raguraman ... thank you for this proposal. Comments in line ...
> 
> raguraman r wrote:
>>  *To drive awareness and adoption of OpenSolaris in International Instutute
>> of Information Technology(I2IT), pune, India.
> 
> 
> As you note, we have an established OSUG in Pune. Has there been any 
> discussion with the Pune group about perhaps being a part of that 
> project? Perhaps the I2IT project members join the POSUG and have a 
> space within that project? We try to not create overlapping UGs if 
> possible.
> 
> 
>> *Project Administrator*: Raguraman R, SUN CA I2IT,pune
>> raguraman86 at gmail dot com
>> +919921512745
> 
> 
> Ok, I see. Sun "CA" is Campus Ambassador. :) That's fine. Like the 
> previous proposal, though, I'd leave out the phone number (if that's a 
> phone number) but include your OpenSolaris user ID instead.
> 
> 
>> *Requesting group under the name "I2IT pune Open Solaris User Group"*
>> **
>> *Project Description*: The purpose of this project is to drive OpenSolaris
>> awareness amongst student and professional community in I2IT. The
>> professional community is a minority in this region, so the target
>> audience will mostly be students.
> 
> Like the previous proposal, I'd like to know more about the size or any 
> other details about the university here. Each school is different, and I 
> think it would help make each proposal (and group) different as well as 
> inform the members of the Advocacy Community about the situation there. 
> Again, small point, but a sentence or two would be nice.
> 
> 
>> I and in future other members of this
>> group
>> want to increase OpenSolaris adoption in labs and student projects. I and in
>> future other members of this group want the help of the college alumni in
>> the industry to guide us in these efforts.
>>
>> The project will also archive its contributions like student projects,
>> presentations, and other material to the 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  "i2itpuneosug at opensolaris dot org"*.
>>
>> *Related Projects:* I and in future other members of this group would like
>> to closely watch the successful user groups and see if we can work with them
>> to do related activities.
>>
>>                             Pune OpenSolaris User Group:
>> POSUG<http://opensolaris.org/os/project/posug/> is
>> the existing group related to our group.
>>
>> The request for this user group is principally to complete the prerequisite
>> steps to start my work as CA in I2IT pune,India as guided in the Sun Campus
>> Ambassador handbook.
> 
> 
> One question I have for all the Campus Ambassadors relating to this 
> "prerequisite" is that what happens when student leaders graduate and 
> leave? Is there a plan for leadership transitions? And if so, who 
> manages that? All UGs have leadership changes, but university student 
> populations are transitory by nature, so I'd like to just make sure that 
> this is considered.
> 
> 
> 
>> Eagerly waiting for approval from user group administrators and instructions
>> for taking further steps in this regard.
>> --
>>
>> regards,
>> Raguraman R,
>> Sun CA I2IT,Pune,India.
> 
> Ok, coo. Let's see if others have comments. Thanks.
> 
> Jim