[wellylug] Aims or Objectives

[Sam Sargeant]

On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 05:51:19PM -0700, Wood Brent wrote:
 
> Encourage seems to be the contentious word. Personally I'm in favour of
> encourage, & I think such activities should be a core part of what a LUG does.

Encouragement is a great thing. If a non-Linux user comes to a Wellylug meeting
then I'm sure there are plenty of great people who will take the time to discuss
things with them. I'm in favour of this.

However I dislike the idea of pro-active encouragement. If Wellylug had some
paid membership[1], I would refuse to contribute anything if a single cent was
going to be spent on advocacy; something that doesn't benefit existing Linux
users directly.

Don't interpret this stance as a form of xenophobia towards new users. I'm quite
happy to support an OpenSource or Linux advocacy group, but I agree with Sam C
that this is not a role for a Users Group to fill.

Cheers,
Sam

-- 
[1] Paid membership is just an example. I'm not aware that anyone is suggesting
this.
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