[Luna] The Future of LUNA

[clz at sw.incantations.com]

As one of the founding members of the group, this issue comes up with some 
regularity.  The current incarnation of the group is essentially the 4th 
or 5th rebuild.  Generally speaking, attendance and interest has come and 
gone with NAU student participation, plus a sprinkling of regulars from 
the surrounding region to keep the group alive over summer breaks and 
holidays.  The ACM or IEEE collaboration idea is a great one.

My $.02 would be to keep the group pure as an open source/GNU/Linux focal 
point.

Perhaps it is time to canvas about for a different meeting time? 
Personally, I travel all during the week and am unable to attend meetings 
except on weekends, and I generally need a bit of notice even for that.

Quite a few people have come thru this group and moved on to relevant 
Linux-related work with multiple employers.  I suspect many may still lurk 
on the list.  It would be a shame for that link and resource to go away 
entirely.

-Curtis

Curtis Zinzilieta
Technology Development Manager
Red Hat
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personal: clz at sw.incantations.com



On Mon, 23 Oct 2006, Deborah Lee Soltesz wrote:

> At 12:58 PM 10/22/2006, Shane Lofgren wrote:
>> I don't think anyone is talking of disbanding. Mainly the talk is gathered around the idea of expanding.  Possible expansion of topic and web services..  That is really it.  Most likely if a change in name where to come it would include the LUNA name.  If everyone does not want any change to happen then the LUNA group would not change one bit.  So don't worry about the group dissolving.  We have enough participation to keep on keep'in on.
>
  > I completely disagree. The reason for the talk of "expanding" is to try
  to save the group before it completely folds. How many folks have been
  coming to the meetings? How many of those are *not* USGS people? How many
  of the old-timers who started and kept the group for so long have been
  attending on a regular basis in the last year?
>
> deborah
>
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