Future of the LUAU Site and List

[al plant]

"Zachary P. Taylor" wrote:
> 
> As far as I know LUAU does exist, even if it is only in an online format.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Warren Togami [mailto:warren at togami.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 4:33 AM
> To: Linux & Unix Advocates & Users
> Subject: [luau] Future of the LUAU Site and List
> 
> That previous e-mail was forwarded to several mailing lists, but this one is
> specifically for LUAU people.
> 
> I have this question, what will become of this mailing list?
> While this has not been out in the open, there has been some resistance to
> the name "LUAU" due to some previous events in the past that have tarnished
> the name.  It is not my place to point any fingers or say anything about the
> nature of these events as I was not around back then.  It will suffice to
> say that many among the OSS advocates of our local community felt the need
> to distance themselves from the name.
> 
> At some point I began planning to revive the local OSS community, this time
> with a strong emphasis on community education and advocacy toward schools
> and non-profit organizations who would benefit the most from OSS.  We on
> this list explored different names of this new group, but many have
> suggested sticking to the name LUAU.  After this point we waited a few weeks
> as I pushed to get approval for meetings on the campus of Mid-Pacific
> Institute.
> 
> Suddenly, and a complete surprise to me, John Christian announces his ALOHA
> group.  After the first meeting and private discussion with John, we decided
> that our goals in OSS groups were very different so I decided to go ahead
> with my original plans.
> 
> Long story short, I named my group MPLUG, and we have started off with such
> an unexpected tremendous interest that I have had to turn people down from
> seminar sign-ups.  (NOTE: WE NEED YOUR HELP.  We were scheduled for an
> "Introduction to Linux" seminar on April 7th at the Atherton YMCA, but I
> learned today that I will be unable to teach that seminar.  Could somebody
> experienced with Linux and free on that day please e-mail me?)
> 
> Now MPLUG and ALOHA have our own sites.
> MPLUG
> http://www.mplug.org
> ALOHA
> http://www.linuxhi.com
> 
> For MPLUG I have decided to try an online web board instead of mailing list.
> Please join the MPLUG Community Discussion Forum.
> http://forum.mplug.org.  Yeah, yeah, I know.  My MPLUG web page is ugly.
> I'm working on it.
> 
> I have 20-30 new users of Linux who may be posting many questions soon, so I
> would really appreciate it if some of the more experienced users out there
> could register at the board and help out.  I hope to build this into a
> robust online community.
> 
> ---
> 
> Now, back to my original question, what happens to this LUAU site and
> mailing list?
> 
> While the group LUAU may no longer exist, the mailing list still reaches
> many people who may have not been active, but have been listening and
> learning all these years.  The mailing list will continue to be a useful
> resource for spreading announcements to these interested parties.  I propose
> that the mailing list remain as-is.  I think most conversation will
> transition to the MPLUG Community Forum and ALOHA's Slash web log, so I
> believe this old LUAU list will be mainly useful for annoucements.
> 
> However, the LUAU site itself must be stripped.  Its content, links from
> Hawaii ISP's and existence in search engines may be confusing and misleading
> toward people looking for Linux information in Hawaii.  People may be
> confused by the page that still says Tuesday meeting dates.  I propose that
> the site be stripped down to two elements: 1) Links to MPLUG and ALOHA.  2)
> The LUAU Mailing List subscription page.
> 
> Are you folks in favor or opposition to this proposal?  Please reply with
> your feelings regarding this matter.
> 
> Who is maintaing that site?  Could you please e-mail me?
> 
> Warren Togami
> warren at togami.com
> 
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