[ug-discuss] Re: OpenSolaris at Seattle Tech Days

[Alan Perry]

Teresa Giacomini wrote:

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> Jim Grisanzio wrote:
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>> Alan Perry wrote On 09/01/06 09:23,:
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>>> Jim Grisanzio wrote:
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>>>> Alan Perry wrote On 09/01/06 01:31,:
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>>>>> I am signed up and will be attending.
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>>>>> I was exchanging e-mail with Teresa Giacomini yesterday and 
>>>>> volunteered to take the lead on a Seattle OpenSolaris UG.
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>>>>> alan perry
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>>>> Cool. Would you like for us to set up some space on the user group 
>>>> community and open an opensolaris.org mail list for your group?
>>>> http://opensolaris.org/os/community/os_user_groups/
>>>> This way, you'll have something to show to engage people.
>>>>
>>>> Jim
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>>> Sure.  Just starting to look into the administrivia of doing a user 
>>> group ...
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>>> alan
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>> Ok, let's start with some basic tools for you to use:
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>> I made you a leader on the user group community:
>> http://opensolaris.org/os/community/os_user_groups/leaders/
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>> That gives you the right to edit your page, which I set up here:
>> http://opensolaris.org/os/community/os_user_groups/seosug/
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>> Edit instructions for the site are here:
>> http://opensolaris.org/os/communities/lead_reference/
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>> Mail list: Eric Boutilier can set up a mail list for you.
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>> What I suggest is that since the Seattle Tech Days event is just 
>> around the corner, you may want to just put up some basic contact 
>> info on your page with some pointers, etc. Have Eric set up your mail 
>> list, and then just talk to people at the conf about joining the 
>> group. Having the list in place is a nice tool to gather people 
>> together for conversations and meetings. Please try to not leave your 
>> page empty for too long, though, because we don't like to have a lot 
>> of empty spaces if possible. :)
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>> Any questions, let us know. Thanks ...
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>> Jim
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> The last session for OpenSolaris Day is sort of a BoF on building 
> community.  I'm leading this in Seattle (Yikes), so last chat ahead of 
> time and I can introduce you to the group and such, ok?

OK.  I was looking at the other user group pages and was gonna fill in 
something before the BoF, but figured that I could put up too much until 
I found out what kind of local interest there is.

alan