[advocacy-discuss] Proposal for new OSUGs in Hangzhou/Xi'an at China

[W. Wayne Liauh]

> W. Wayne Liauh wrote:
> > I have started doing some talks about setting up an
> OSUG here in Hawaii.  Most likely it will be located
> at University of Hawaii, inside the same lab where
> Fedora Linux was born about six years ago.  (the
> Fedora project was initially started by Warren Togami
> when he was a sophomore CompSci student.)
> >
> > At this time, I don't know whether OSUG is the
> right structure for our planed activities, but at
> least we will be able to give OpenSolaris a home in
> the middle of the pacific ocean.
> >   
> 
> Cool. +1 if you do it. I view the OSUGs as
> mini-communities, so whether 
> it's the right structure or not, it's a start. Let us
> know if you want 
> to move ahead.
> 
> Jim
> 

Hi Jim,

Thanks for the pre-approval, and apologize for taking so long to respond.  After some thoughts, I think instead of waiting for the perfect moment, it will be much better to get the Hawaii OSUG formally formed and see how things take care of themselves.

Thus, I am proposing the formation of an OpenSolaris User Group in Hawaii.  Its name will be "Hawaii OpenSolaris UserGroup" (HOSUG).  The OpenSolaris User IDs of the three initial participants are: waynel (W. Wayne Liauh), joelaris (Joe Linux), and pwzhangz (Ping-Wu Zhang), and its contact info is: W. Wayne Liauh, Hawaii Linux Institute, 4224 Waialae Ave., Suite 5388, Honolulu, HI 96816 .

Initially and as the first step, we will define a hardware (desktop/laptop) system so that users can comfortably pursue a long-term relationship with OpenSolaris.  At the present time, our activities will be limited to Oahu, and we hope to alternate meetings between the Leeward and the Windward sides.  In the longer run, because of the cultural diversities of Hawaii, we would like to also populate OpenSolaris into the Japanese, Chinese, Korean, German, etc., communities in Hawaii.
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