[NTLUG:Discuss] Dallas Ubuntu Team

[Chris Cox]

jm wrote:
> for a slightly different perspective...
> 
> it was mentioned earlier in the thread about keeping track of numerous
> UGs should multiple distros get their own individual user groups (and
> how hard it would be to keep track); how about an "open door" policy
> where NTLUG could have a list of urls/contacts/whatever for each
> distro UG as they appear (if they should choose such an association) -
> a "clearinghouse" or "central point of contact" if you will - so that
> the commonality of Linux itself will still be available to all no
> matter what their distro of choice, as well as allowing easier
> migration between distros and help for those who may be less able to
> find such information on their own.  this would be a slightly more
> proactive approach to the overall Linux help that this group is known
> for.  chances are those responsible for creating each group would
> already be familiar with NTLUG so they would likely be aware of the
> list of groups when they create their own portal into the world of
> Linux.

I think this is an excellent idea.  As Pm mentioned, I already
started building pages for distributions at:

http://www.ntlug.org/Main/Distributions

...we could certainly have maintainers and support contacts
for the various distributions.  I think this is a wonderful
thing.

If you are interested in being the page maintainer/contact/etc.
send me a note.  I can give you a wiki id and password to
use.

In this comes up... I don't think we should pursue a new
set of forums.  I'd rather that we get more involved with
the forums that are out there.  There may be an ideal
forum for a particular distrib... and there's always
linuxquestions.org forums.

That way more than those familiar with NTLUG can benefit
from your support knowledge.  Obviously the NTLUGger
support can be as formal or as informal as we want/desire.