Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Moving Things Forward: Name of the Group

[Simon Ward]

On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 11:00:27AM +0100, Tim Dobson wrote:
> As I mentioned earlier, there is some confusion of the name of the group.

I’m not confused, “Manchester Free Software” is good.

>  # debatably(see other thread) there is also an irc channel called #fsuk

#fsuk never was a channel for Manchester Free Software.  I suggest you
stop referring to it as such, even debatably.

> I would suggest that it would be good to unite all under one name.

We’re heading this way, it takes time and isn’t always at the top of
the priority list.  I think we should be concentrating on keeping
regular meetings, talks, and other events going.

> The second question would obviously be "where's the mailing  
> list/wiki [DEL:/irc] details"

You have access to the site, update it.  [No IRC channel is a good
reason for not having details on it.]

> In regards to Livre Planet, modelled on the Ubuntu Loco Project, it is  
> clear that many Ubuntu Loco Groups have their own groups on their own  
> Domains:
>
> http://www.meetlinux.com/
> http://www.laredolinux.net/
>
> I hope that having own domain would not have any impact on our  

We have already been discussing this in another thread.  I see a general
approval of a domain name (fsug.org) _if_ we need it, but no consensus
on whether we actually need it now we have some control over
manchester.fsuk.org.

Simon
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