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<title>Linux User Group HOWTO
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<author><url name="Rick Moen" url="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com"></author>
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<date>v1.6.9, 2003-10-10
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<author><url name="Rick Moen" url="mailto:%20rick@linuxmafia.com%20"></author>
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<date>v1.7.0, 2003-10-14
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<abstract>
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The Linux User Group HOWTO is a guide to founding, maintaining, and
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In general, LUG members are especially delighted to help, on a volunteer basis, members
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who seem likely to participate in the Linux "gift culture" by picking up its body of lore
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and, in turn, perpetuate it by teaching others in their turn. Certainly, there's nothing
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and, in turn, perpetuating it by teaching others in their turn. Certainly, there's nothing
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wrong with having other priorities and values, but such folk may in some cases be best
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referred to paid assistance, as a better fit for their needs.
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<p>
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Finally, LUGs may also support the Linux movement by soliciting and
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organising charitable giving. <url name="Chris Browne"
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url="mailto:cbbrowne@cbbrowne.com"> has thought about this issue as much as
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url="mailto:%20cbbrowne@cbbrowne.com%20"> has thought about this issue as much as
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anyone I know, and he contributes the following:
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<sect3>Chris Browne on free software / open source philanthropy
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<tag>GLUE:</tag> Groups of Linux Users Everywhere is a user group
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coordination and support program started by SSC, the same people who
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publish <it>Linux Journal</it>. The <url name="GLUE program"
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url="http://www.ssc.com:8080/glue/groups/"> is an inexpensive way
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for a LUG to provide some benefits to its membership.
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url="http://www.ssc.com:8080/glue/groups/"> offers substantial
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benefits to your LUG membership, and can be joined free of
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charge at <url name="http://www.ssc.com:8080/glue/free_listing"
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url="http://www.ssc.com:8080/glue/free_listing">.
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<tag>Cleveland Linux User's Group:</tag> Own the Internet domain
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<tt>lug.net</tt>. They will provide your LUG an Internet domain name
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at <tt>lug.net</tt>: your-LUG-name-or-city.<tt>lug.net</tt>. More
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information may be found by e-mailing <htmlurl name="Jeff
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Garvas" url="mailto:jeff@cia.net">.
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Garvas" url="mailto:%20jeff@cia.net%20">.
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<tag>Red Hat, Inc.'s User Group Program:</tag> Assists LUGs to
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<tag>Red Hat, Inc.'s User Group Program:</tag> Assists LUGs to
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develop and grow. More information may be found at <url
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url="http://www.redhat.com/apps/community/LUG/" name="Red Hat Web
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site">.
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<sect2>Canada
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<p>
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Thanks to <htmlurl name="Chris Browne" url="mailto:cbbrowne@cbbrowne.com">
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Thanks to <htmlurl name="Chris Browne" url="mailto:%20cbbrowne@cbbrowne.com%20">
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for the following comments about the Canadian situation.
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<p>
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<sect1>Software politics
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<p>
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<url name="Chris Browne" url="mailto:cbbrowne@cbbrowne.com"> has the
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<url name="Chris Browne" url="mailto:%20cbbrowne@cbbrowne.com%20"> has the
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following to say about the kinds of intra-LUG political dynamics that
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often crop up (lightly edited and expanded by the HOWTO maintainer):
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<p>
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I welcome questions about and feedback on this document. Please send
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them to me at <htmlurl name="rick@linuxmafia.com"
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url="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com">. <it>I am especially interested in
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url="mailto:%20rick@linuxmafia.com%20">. <it>I am especially interested in
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hearing from LUG leaders around the world</it>. I'd like to include
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real-life examples of things described here. I'm particularly trying to
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include more on LUGs outside the USA. Please let me know of
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Linux news outlets; parts of sections concerning consultants, businesses,
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and elections.</item>
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<item>1.6.9: Minor corrections.</item>
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<item>1.7.0: Caught up with GLUE membership having become free
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of charge.</item>
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</itemize>
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over and renovate his creation starting in 2003.
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Warn regards and thanks to <url name="Chris Browne"
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url="mailto:cbbrowne@cbbrowne.com"> for describing the situation with
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url="mailto:%20cbbrowne@cbbrowne.com%20"> for describing the situation with
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non-profit and charitable groups in Canada, his thoughts on financial
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donations as a way to participate in Linux and the free software and
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open-source software movements, and his ideas about the kinds of
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suggestions:
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<itemize>
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<item>Hugo van der Kooij</item>
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<item>Greg Hankins</item>
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<item>Charles Lindahl</item>
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<item>Jeff Garvas</item>
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<item>James Hertzler</item>
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<item>Greg Hankins</item>
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<item>Thomas Kappler</item>
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<item>Hugo van der Kooij</item>
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<item>Charles Lindahl</item>
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<item>Don Marti</item>
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</itemize>
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