Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Future Meetings

[Simon Ward]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 08:51:57PM +0000, Andy Halsall wrote:
> I see the FSUK as UK focused, sub-divided into regional groups like 
> FSUK-Manchester.  At present FSUK-Manchester is pretty much all there is, 
> however the aim as I see it is to use FSUK-Manchester as a base and use it to 
> try and grow throughout the UK (eventually).
> 
> We need to get it right in Manchester, if it works here, then this group will 
> be usable as a model for others and as and when the time comes we can look at 
> how to deal with a larger organisation, essentially made up of (hopefully) 
> many independent cells each working toward the same goals, and how to use 
> that organisation most effectively within the UK (and over the long term, in 
> a EU and global context)

UKUUG is worth talking to, because they’ve essentially done similar for
user groups around the UK.  At the moment, Manchester Free Software is
very much like a user group, but with a free software focus rather than
a focus on software for particular systems.

Simon
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A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a
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