[buug] Reviving CalLUG

[Grant Bowman]

Bravo, Paul and Mark! Great work taking care of these matters!

Grant


On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Paul Ivanov <pi at berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
> Mark Lu, on 2011-04-19 17:42,  wrote:
>> As a current Cal undergrad and signatory for one student group, I'd
>> be interested in assisting in this process.
>
> Great - I already made myself a signatory on both groups, so once
> you become one, we're half way to the required number of
> signatories. You can do that over here:
> http://campuslife.berkeley.edu/orgs/manage
>
> select these two groups:
> * Cal Linux User Group
> * GNU/Linux User Group at Cal
>
>> The results are strict due to trademark issues, but the name should
>> simply be registered as "Linux Users Group".
>
> well, the policy just makes no sense - it prevents student
> organizations from signifying any kind of affiliation with the
> university.
>
> Here are some allowed, and disallowed student group names,
> according to http://campuslife.berkeley.edu/orgs/new-group
>
>    EXAMPLES:
>
>    * Public Speaking Group at Berkeley – APPROVED
>    * Public Speaking Group of Berkeley – APPROVED
>    * Public Speaking Group at UC Berkeley – NOT APPROVED
>    * Public Speaking at Cal – NOT APPROVED
>    * Berkeley Public Speaking Group – NOT APPROVED
>    * Cal Public Speaking Group – NOT APPROVED
>    * California Public Speaking Group – NOT APPROVED
>    * Public Speaking Group at California – NOT APPROVED
>    * Public Speaking Group, Berkeley – NOT APPROVED
>    * Berkeley Campus Public Speaking – NOT APPROVED
>
> so if at most we're allowed to call the group "Linux User Group
> at/of Berkeley" - there's already a BerkeleyLUG - it meets on
> Sundays and has no affiliation with the university.
>
> Anyway, the fact that "GNU/Linux User Group at Cal" group name
> has already been approved - we can just continue to use that,
> but like Michael (see below), this is the short version of my
> opinion on this matter.
>
>
>> Let me know if you'd like to follow up or have any questions or concerns.
>
> Would you be able to make it to either the BUUG or BerkeleyLUG
> meetings on Thursday and Sunday, respectively (see Michael's
> notes on the matter below).
>
> Michael Paoli, on 2011-04-19 17:44,  wrote:
>> [trying to not be too redundant :-)][1]
>>
>> Thanks Paul, et. al.[1]
>>
>> Sounds like keeping CalLUG alive / reviving it is generally a good idea.
>> If feasible, keeping the same name may also be good - but having a
>> "Plan B" for an alternate name, in case the original can't still be used,
>> sounds like a good idea.  (At least that's short version of my opinion
>> on the name bits).
>>
>> As both BUUG and the
>> Berkeley Linux Users Group http://www.berkeleylug.com/
>> both meet again within the week (Th and Su respectively),
>> perhaps it may also be useful to discuss it there, and then
>> follow-up on list(s) to see if there's consensus (or approximation
>> thereof).
>
> Sounds like a plan, see you Thursday.
>
>> In the meantime, also taking any necessary steps to keep CalLUG from
>> totally disappearing (e.g. the mail list), sounds good.
>
> The fine folks over at UC Berkeley IST already made me the list
> admin for both lists, here's some more information about them.
>
> There are 116 addresses subscribed to callug_announce at lists.berkeley.edu
> There are 17 addresses subscribed to callug_discuss at lists.berkeley.edu.
>
>> Anyway, sounds like there are definitely some good possibilities and
>> opportunities for synergy, etc.
>>
>> footnotes/references/excerpts:
>> 1. see "thread" on:
>> http://www.weak.org/pipermail/buug/2011-April/date.html
>
>
> best,
> --
> Paul Ivanov
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