[ug-discuss] Re: [osol-mktg] Community Consolidation -- Marketing & UGs

[Jim Grisanzio]

Peter Tribble wrote On 04/06/07 17:21,:
> On 4/6/07, Jim Grisanzio <Jim.Grisanzio at sun.com> wrote:
> 
>> So, are you saying that each user group would be a full community like
>> the other 40 or so communities we have now? If so, then they'd all have
>> to get OGB approval.
> 
> 
> No. They would be user groups. Think more like projects, as Stephen 
> mentioned.


Yep. I see that now and agree.


> Only they're not called projects. They're called user groups. And would 
> have
> a separate listing and a separate entry in the site navigation. But a 
> project is
> probably a good comparison. So a user group has known leaders, a mailing
> list if it wants it, a place on the website. No source code, though.
> 
>> The only reason UGs are all under a single meta-UG community is that
>> there was no other place to put them on the site.
> 
> 
> Yes, we need to get away from the "everything is either a community or
> a project" idea. At which point it may be worth wondering if there are
> any other structural groupings required.