[advocacy-discuss] running successful opensolaris user groups

[Jim Grisanzio]

Tim Foster wrote:
> Jim Grisanzio wrote:
>   
>> I started a little piece on running successful OpenSolaris user groups:
>>     
>
> Looks like a good document Jim - I'd definitely reiterate point 12 on 
> Leadership:
>
> A user group _really_ needs to have more than one person doing the 
> organising - I feel ie-osug has  withered a bit from ppl expecting 
> someone else to always sort out the monthly meetings.   

And until you actually /do/ it you don't really realize how much work it 
can be. :) Especially since this is done on the side part time. That's 
one of the reasons I feel that UGs may want to consider alternating 
their technical meetings every other month. TLUG does this. Technical 
meeting followed by a nomikai (party) one month, and then the next month 
is just a nomikai. And in between all meetings they are actively 
communicating on list. The model works well for them.
> I'm sure we'll 
> be able to resurrect it at some point again given some enthusiasm.
>
> I think bjosug and frosug have the right idea here - a rotating 
> leadership is definitely worthwhile.

Yah, Jim Walker told me they rotate at FROSUG. I'll update with pointers 
to FR and BJ.

Jim
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