[advocacy-discuss] Kiva.org

[Jim Grisanzio]

Alexander Gnodtke wrote:
>> You could treat this as an OpenSolaris User Group pretty easily. You could
>> create a name such as Lending OpenSolaris User Group, Caring OpenSolaris
>> User Group, OpenSolaris Community Lending Group or something like that.
>>  That would be a legal fair use. And as your UG lends, they`d be lending on
>> behalf of themselves as members of the OpenSolaris Community. It`s also an
>> easy way to publicize your group within the OpenSolaris community because we
>> could give you some space on opensolaris.org and a mailing list and send you
>> some stuff to give out (which we do for all OSUGs when we have the
>> resources).
>>     
>
> Indeed setting up an OSUG and having the benefit of some web space on
> opensolaris.org sounds good and I can initiate the process. I guess it
> is ok to be part of more than one OSUG?
>   

Of course. I'm on all 109 UG lists! :)


>> And, actually, the more I think of it ... Treating this as an OSUG could be
>> cool because it would not be a geography-specific group like the rest of the
>> OSUGs. It would be a global project treated as a UG on our site. That would
>> be the clear link to opensolaris.org, and then you`d have your own space on
>> kiva.org as well.
>>     
>
> Because this OSUG is not geography specific you would have to change
> the consitution draft you blogged about a few days ago, because it
> specifically states that OSUG need to be geographically bound :-)
>   

Yah, I know. Good catch. I don't really like that but we settled on it 
because we have three groups: User Groups, Communities, and Projects. 
Projects are easy to define, but Communities and User Groups get a bit 
more difficult. I preferred the term Special Interest Group or SIG 
instead of Community, but that's what we came out with. So, in that 
context, geo-based groups really do define user groups in most cases. 
It's not perfect, but there you have it.

I think I could make an argument for this being a user group, but we 
have another tool to solve the problem as well. You could skip the UG 
angle and just propose a new Community: "OpenSolaris Community Lending 
Group". Or, another option, which would be much faster, is to just 
propose a Project sponsored by the Advocacy Community. Advocacy sponsors 
a few projects (as well as all the OSUGs) and we can certainly do more.

> Maybe it would be interesting to found VOSUG 
vosug is taken by the guys in Venezuela.

> (if the name is not yet
> taken) Virtual OSUG which can act as an OSUG for all those that do not
> have an OSUG in their vicinity. Events could for example be hosted in
> SecondLife, meetings could be held in chatrooms etc. and it could be
> used as the OpenSolaris lending group on kiva.org. Or am I taking the
> idea a little too far?
>   

Not at all. I'd buy that.

But, talking this out as we are, I think under our /current/ system 
you'd be a Project sponsored by Advocacy and under the /new/ system (if 
approved) you'd be a Community. This is easy to solve.


> The badges found here are just beautiful artwork and would fit the purpose well:
> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/advocacy/mktgdownloads/fanbuttons/
>   

Perfect. Go for it.


> But of course if you recommend going with fair use I would check for
> images on flickr.com, I think you posted a few pictures tagged with
> opensolaris. Maybe there is a specific one you could recommend?
>   

Not really. There are thousands up there! Enjoy the search ... :)


Jim
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