[ale] membership drive

[Jim Kinney]

It may say Atlanta but that part is optional! We've had people from Japan
and the UK for years as people move around.

Not to be snarky but I thought the Slackware dev team was only 1 person :-)
(My first distro was slackware - downloaded a bunch of floppies over dialup
for over 2 weeks!). It would be good to have the views and expertise of
some who builds a distro regularly.


On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Beddingfield, Allen <allen at ua.edu> wrote:

> We have had multiple failed attempts at starting a Linux user group in
> Alabama.  There was an attempt at creating one in Birmingham, and multiple
> attempts in Tuscaloosa. There are a core few of us who are consistently
> active in the Linux world, including one person on the Slackware dev team.
>  If you don't mind adding a few more non-Atlanta Linux geeks into the mix,
> I will mention to them about the list, and see if they want to join and
> participate.
> Allen B.
>
> --
> Allen Beddingfield
> Systems Engineer
> The University of Alabama
> ________________________________
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [ale-bounces at ale.org] on behalf of Jim Kinney [
> jim.kinney at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 1:34 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> Subject: [ale] membership drive
>
> As I've mentioned before the ALE list membership has fallen from its
> decade + norm of around 1600 to its current low of 459.
>
> The landscape of online communities has changed in the past 10 years. Some
> changes were good, other were not. A walled garden like Faceplant is the
> antithesis of what Linux is about.
>
> ALE has certainly changed over the years.
>
> What can be done to get people involved in ALE? By 'involved' I mean on
> the list and participating (on topic mostly), coming to meetings, doing
> projects like installfests or mentoring or other stuff.
>
> Aaron and I and others had discussed public service like setting up and
> maintaining Linux-based kiosks in community centers and elderly homes as
> well as providing regular classes for training people how to use them.
>
> Philosophically, the need for ALE has shifted as Linux as grown in
> acceptance. We used to be about "how do I..?" but now maybe more "here's
> how to ..." is more appropriate.
>
> A lot of now professional Linux people got their start with ALE. We have a
> respected jobs list and now a LOPSA affiliated group is reaching critical
> mass.
>
> How can we leverage the talent we have for extending the community use of
> Linux while broadening the ALE user base? Bake sale? Door-to-door "Can I
> talk to you about using Linux?" campaigns? Throw an annual "We use Linux!"
> party and invite every comp-sci major for 100 miles? Adopt a school and
> maintain their computers for students and teachers using nothing but Linux?
> Offer free classes in how to use different application in most distros as
> replacements for welded-hood applications? Outreach to women specifically
> how?
>
> Thinking caps on please and fork this thread for ideas when needed.
>
> --
> --
> James P. Kinney III
>
> Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain
> at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail.
> It won't fatten the dog.
> - Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain
>
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James P. Kinney III

Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain
at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail.
It won't fatten the dog.
- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain


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