General Observations

[Michael JA Miranda]

I am not an active member.  I went to only one meeting at the Manoa
Innovation Park to seek advice
on setting up a webserver under linux.  I got my answers and went on my
way.  I also subscribe to this
mailing list which I have found very informative.  I have always intended
to participate more but other things
end up taking priority.  Although I don't go to any meetings, I have
found great
comfort in knowing that LUAU was around just in case I needed any help. 
The mailing list also provides
great tips and tricks that should also be archived.  I think that
creating a 
more stable and vibrant online community would be great for people like
me.  A bulletin board at the LUAU website (possibly using Jive
www.coolservlets.com would help).  My point is that it seems that the
online interaction
within LUAU is what is keeping it alive.  Finding ways to facilitate and
encourage the online community in Hawaii may be the path for its future.

Mike

On Sat, 11 Nov 2000 18:01:11 -1000 (HST) Zachary Taylor
<ztaylor at aloha.net> writes:
> 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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