[advocacy-discuss] Advocacy & User Groups: The Future

[Jim Grisanzio]

Jim Walker wrote:
> Jim Grisanzio wrote:
>   
>> Jim Walker wrote:
>>     
>>> But, if I came into the opensolaris.org site as a first time user I would
>>> have to know to go to the Advocacy Community and do a few more
>>> clicks to get a list of user groups before I could see which ones were
>>> in my area, or know to go to the Projects page and sort through a long
>>> list of projects to find the user groups.
>>>
>>> It might be good to have a User Groups button under Projects (or
>>> someplace else) in the sidebar that goes to this page:
>>> http://opensolaris.org/os/community/advocacy/usergroups
>>>       
>> I asked on website-discuss how to get a UG link back on the front page 
>> of the site. We don't know what the process is since the OGB's editorial 
>> committee is not functioning yet. Hopefully, we can get the UG link back 
>> in a box on the front page when the CommunityOne box is taken down after 
>> the conference.
>>     
>
> I don't think we should wait until after May. User Groups are one of the most
> active areas of OpenSolaris, and we continue to add new User Groups every
> month. The key event boxes are nice on the right hand side, and that space
> may be best kept for that purpose. A box for user groups would be nice, but
> a "User Groups" link under Connect on the left sidebar may do the job. Events
> are great, but User Groups are the bread and butter of the Advocacy Community
> long term.
>   

A link is a good idea. I'll ask the OGB's editorial committee if we are 
allowed to have a link.

Jim

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