2009/6/26 Tim Dobson <address@hidden>:
Robert Leverington wrote:
We have actually had a chat about this, the generally feel was
that as
an organisation we would need a set of defined aims/objectives
before
doing anything much.
Absolutely. I've been meaning to get this sort of thing out and
defined for
quite a while now.
I think this ties in nicely with the next major project once the
Logo is
sorted (remember to VOTE!) which is to sort the website out.
I know there is a lot of differing opinions on the technical
solutions to
this and for the time being I'd prefer not to go into much detail
about this
because I think clearly defining who we are and why we are is much
more
important.
Obviously it will essentially be almost identical
to DFEY NW, but for the south east - however it is still important
to
completely understand why we're starting such a venture (and
something
completely identical to DFEY NW is going to make less sense than
something that both brings existing DFEY initiatives to the south,
as
well as pioneering its own ideas); any suggestions would be good.
Absolutely. We essentially need a clear mission statement.
I tried to start putting down ideas, etc., but that quickly failed
due
to lack of interest - maybe when we all have a bit more time.
Well, now is a fairly good time.
I think a DFEY-SE would get going fairly quickly - it just needs
a few
people to drive it. :)
Is/does anyone know anyone else who will be interested in this?
Well, that's probably not a question to ask this list.
DFEY-NW pulled people from:
* local technical mailing lists
* linux related teen communites (teensonlinux and ##teenlinux)
* word of mouth
* friends of existing people
* twitter/identi.ca
* local tech related events
I've been talking to the IT teachers & Careers people at my
(ex-)Sixth form
college and it looks like we'll start to get fed directly by at
least one
educational establishment.
Oh wow, that's good for you!
Currently I know of about three DFEY NW regulars who are/will be
located in the south east (me, Isabell, and Connor), but it would be
good to have more especially since we will be all located quite far
away from one another making meetings more challenging.
Absolutely.
I suggest that once we can grab you guys some infrastructure, you
mail
greater london LUG, and a few other places like that... We can also
put the
word out via microblogging & IRC...
I was thinking of joining Greater London LUG anyway at some point, it
could be interesting. http://www.gllug.org.uk/ But they do all seem
to be grown *men* though, which kinda puts me off a bit, but I'm sure
it's fine. I'll look into it more anyway and once we're established
if anyone fancies sending them an email, as Tim suggested, that would
be good.
Ideally what you guys want to be aiming for is publicity from as
many places
as possible.
I think the next steps forward are as follows:
1) vote on a logo
2) agree on a mission statement
3) start work on a dfey.org website
4) set up DFEY-SE infrastructure
5) organise a first DFEY-SE meeting
6) ping the link about DFEY-SE to every organisation, mailing list
& blog on
face of planet
7) cross your fingers and turn up.
Hmm. Logo, that's a thought. We need a website too, not that I'll be
making it! Well, apart from content, I'm hopeless at design.
Please, if you think there's something that could be done better or
differently, say so - if you think you have a better idea, you
probably do!
:)
I don't, I think that is fine. We should use twitter/identi.ca more.
I will get talking, once I get established, to people at my school
about it - there must be some people who use Linux who would be
interested!
Also one final thing, off topic, I will be leaving Bordeaux on Monday
morning and will only have internet until Sunday night and not have it
until mid to late August. It's always the way, I go away when
something interesting requires my input! But I'm sure you can work it
out yourselves and I'll chip in every so often when I go to places
with free WiFi to check and read emails (like McDonalds).
Isabell
--
Regards,
Isabell Long. <address@hidden>
[[User:Isabell121]] on all public Wikimedia projects.
OpenPGP Key ID: C395CE07