General Observations

[Zachary Taylor]

LUAU is not going away, neither is the mailing list or the web page. I
would like to hear from the admins of the group; do you want to be
relieved or do you want to try and work through this? LUAU was never meant
to evangelize Linux, it was meant to help people learn about Linux. What
does LUAU want to be as a group? You have to remember that a lot of the
LUAU members do not live on Oahu, so the only contact they have with the
group is the mailing list and web page. You also have to understand that
many people have other commitments and are unable to attend meetings. This
does not mean that LUAU members are not caring about the group. Lets come
up with a plan to get past this and get LUAU back on track.

							Zach

On Sat, 11 Nov 2000, Jeff Mings wrote:

>      I'm new to LUAU (about 6months), but have been consistently 
> attending the meetings, which I really enjoy.  Aside from Deven and 
> Viata, I'm the only person I know who consistently works in linux at 
> work and at home, booting into windows only occasionally.  Meeting with 
> others who "get it" is most refreshing.  I would miss the interaction 
> with other linux users, and to a lesser extent, the mailing list.  On 
> the other hand, the admins have personally shared their frustration with 
> me about the apathy of members, the lack of assistance and the way in 
> which the group isn't being used to truly "evangelize" linux and 
> 
> unices.  The straw that broke the camel's back was the expo.  I was one 
> of only 8 or 9 members who stopped by the LUAU booth, HUNDREDs of 
> dollars in debt were accrued, and the admins did all of the work.  I was 
> surprised by how grateful they were when I loaned a piece of hardware - 
> simply because nobody else came through even in that small manner.
>    I'm not one of those who have only become concerned after hearing the 
> recent announcements, but like many of you, I don't have much time to 
> become part of the solution; my wife would scream bloody murder if I 
> added LUAU admin work to my already overflowing plate.
>   I will sorely miss LUAU if it really goes away.
> 
> -Jeff
> 
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