Wow, I didn't mean to start a discussion on the metaphysics of TCLUG and Penguins Unbound. I just wanted to find a LUG in the Twin Cities to attend. This is definitely a group of Linux users. ;) Regardless, thanks for all the responses and I hope to see some of you tomorrow! -Adam On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 05:06:32PM -0500, Florin Iucha wrote: > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 04:43:44PM -0500, Chuck Cole wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Brian Dolan-Goecke > > > <goeko at goecke-dolan.com> wrote: > > > > I have always found the meeting *VERY* useful. And was very > > > > disappointed to see the TCLug stop having regular meeting. And had for > > > > years tried to find a somewhere to have a meeting. Now I personally am > > > > not a fan of meeting at the U of M, and I don't like to meet week > > > > nights. So with those constraints I felt it was easier to start my own > > > > group, and chose to no go through the TCLug. So that is how Penguins > > > > Unbound came about. > > > > > > I'm a little bit confused by this. Given that "TCLUG" isn't really a > > > formal entity and just the collection of its members, why is Penguins > > > Unbound billed as a separate group if it's intended to basically just > > > be LUG meetings at a time that works for you? As I understand it, > > > there isn't any process to "go through the TCLug" to organize things > > > for - someone just decides to do something and runs with it. Perhaps > > > you could elaborate a little more on the separate PU branding? > > > > > It's a polite formality... perhaps just diplomacy. Some in TCLUG > > are/were somewhat possessive and may not understand that TCLUG really > > isn't any more than a list and web site. > > Make that just a list. Nobody seems to update the TCLUG site anymore. > > I see that from the http://stats.real-time.com/www.mn-linux.org/ that > some processes actually fetch files from the web site, but it's > probably just robots looking to index it or inject some SPAM. > > Cheers, > florin > > -- > Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition. > http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163 > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list