[ale] as promised/threatened, an overly long post with probably nothing of real importance

[The Don Lachlan]

On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 10:22:45AM -0400, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> The point in my email was to say that while there is NOT currently a
> mailing list for on topic issues at AUUG that if someone volunteered to
> maintain it I imagine AUUG wouldn't mind hosting it.   Also with the
> discussion of reorganization questions Lindsey has been asking it might
> dovetail into doing the SAGE thing.   I just can't see a need in Atlanta
> for two separate professional UNIX/Linux admin groups and fear they'd
> end up making each other less than they could be.

Can't the same critique be made of having multiple GNU/Linux distributions,
multiple window managers, desktop managers, shells, et al.? AUUG is about
UNIX, ALE is about GNU/Linux, SAGE is for system administrators - three
areas with a lot of overlap, but different foci. There are a variety of
enthusiast and professional geek groups around ATL/GA and I think the
variety is good, even if they sometimes overlap. We are not at a point of
saturation.

Regarding the focus of the ALE list, it's been fairly loose.  I know how to
kill OT threads, so I don't see the same fuss about that - but there's also
an issue of what is on-topic and off-topic.  If people want to tighten that
up, awesome. If they don't, that's ok, too. Bring it up at the ALE meeting,
create an "official" discussion thread, and get some rules created.

Or use a killfile and don't take things personally.

-L



> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Geoffrey Myers
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 10:14 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] as promised/threatened, an overly long post with
> probably nothing of real importance
> 
> Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> 
> > I'm interested in why one needs to form a SAGE group in Atlanta given
> > that there is already an independent UNIX Users Group (Atlanta Unix
> > Users Group a/k/a auug.org).   That group doesn't currently have a
> > mailing list other than meeting announcements but for the past few
> > months Lindsey Cleveland who maintains that list has been asking
> > questions about reorganizing.   It might be a good idea to reach out
> to
> > him about that.   Also the group is looking for a new meeting space as
> > the current one is going away probably by September if not earlier.
> > Most of the people that attend those meetings are "Professionals" and
> > much of the time there is spent talking about Linux in addition to
> UNIX.
> 
> Because we want to take advantage of what SAGE can offer us.  As you 
> noted, AUUG does not have a mailing list.  Further, I keep getting 
> dropped from the announcements, thus the communication engine is not 
> reliable.
> 
> -- 
> Until later, Geoffrey
> 
> "I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
> the government from wasting the labors of the people under
> the pretense of taking care of them."
> - Thomas Jefferson
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
>  
> Proud partner. Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
>  
> Please consider our environment before printing this e-mail or attachments.
> ----------------------------------
> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain privileged or confidential information and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. Thank you.
> ----------------------------------
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo