[wellylug] Aims or Objectives

[Jamie Baddeley]

Hi Sam,

Isn't the jump from 'encourage the use of' to 'street corners preaching
the GNU bible' a large one?

jamie

On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 12:11, Sam Cannell wrote:
> Personally I think the first is fine, however I disagree with the
> second.  As I've said before, my opinion is that "Linux user group" does
> not and should not imply "Open source advocacy group".
> 
> If people want to stand on street corners preaching the GNU bible, then
> that's cool.  But they should not be doing it under a wellylug banner.
> 
> That's my thoughts on the matter, anyway.
> 
> Cheers,
> Sam
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz
> [mailto:wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz] On Behalf Of Colin Klenner
> Sent: Monday, 19 April 2004 12:00 p.m.
> To: wellylug at lists.naos.co.nz
> Subject: [wellylug] Aims or Objectives
> 
> Recently I saw someone ask about the aims of the LUG.
> 
> These were the ones I suggested in January:
> 
> a) To exchange Linux and Open Source Software knowledge and experience.
> 
> b) To encourage the use of Linux and Open Source Software 
> 
> For discussion.
> Key words  Exchange, Encourage
> 
> 
> 
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