[wlug_org] NZLUG discussion

[Brent Wood]

> Hi,
> 
> Craig here from the Waikato LUG. Was pointed to the discussion on the 
> wellylug list regarding NZLUG, and wanted to point out a couple of things.
> 
> > The wiki is in it's infancy, not much more than a front page with links
> > to wlug library & a few others.
> 
> The WLUG wiki has several thousand user submitted pages. (I'd need NZ to 
> wake up to get a more accurate answer).

As I said in the rest of my msg, there was stuff from WLUG, but not NZLUG. To
gain general acceptance as an asset from all NZ regional lugs, I believe NZLUG
will need to be more than a site with a few links to WLUG pages.


> 
> What happened was someone talked about putting up a "NZLUG wiki", for "New 
> Zealand Linux content".  We pointed out that our wiki had been collecting 
> New Zealand Linux content for nearly three years, and we thought that 
> duplicating would be silly.  To that end, we put up a second frontend to the 
> wiki as a pisstake, which said "Auckland^WNZLUG Wiki".  However, people 
> seemed to like the idea, and progress is being made at having the "NZLUG 
> wiki" being a viewport into the WLUG wiki.  Owing to the collaborative 
> nature of a wiki and the Internet, this is a good idea.
> 
> For the NZLUG website, it would make sense to drop the library/webmail 
> links; I'm sure the people renovating the themes will get to that in time.
> 
> But have a look around; there is much more than a wiki "in its infancy".

For the WLUG, I agree completely. Take the WLUG content away from NZLUG, and I
repeat, NZLUG looks like something in it's infancy, little more than a
spaceholder for WLUG.

> 
> > The package (esp 3rd party) sites for SUSE, Mandrake, Debian, Slackware,
> > etc., are seldom listed or linked by LUG's, so users get told "just 
> > download &
> > install, its easy". Unfortunately, if you don't know where, it's not easy,
> > it's enough to drive you to M$!
> 
> Check out www.wlug.org.nz/FedoraCore, www.wlug.org.nz/Ubuntu etc.  If they 
> don't list everything you think you need to know, feel free to add to it. 
> There is nothing specific to the WLUG about most of the content, and often 
> nothing specific to NZ yet.  We are just the people that put the site up.

Sweet, but are we talking about WLUG or NZLUG. I for one don't see them as
synonymous, but all your rebuttals to my suggestions for NZLUG simply say,
"hey, but WLUG already has these." So if WLUG already does that, what is the
role you see for NZLUG? Just paste a NZLUG facade over WLUG & say it's done?

> 
> As for the rest of the discussion, as Mark has pointed out, there is a 
> mailing list for nzlug discussion which I have seen a number of you on. To 
> make it easy for other people to participate, would you guys mind continuing 
> the NZLUG discussions on that list, rather than this one?

As I also pointed out, I was gonna do just that when my subscription gets
approved..... but there is also a place for wellylug members to discuss the
relevance of NZLUG among themselves.... 


Spotcha on NZLUG one day :-)

   Brent