From 974d1f22c7ebc04d1b5497677d2a327e9305f14b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gferg <> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 21:28:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] updated --- LDP/howto/linuxdoc/User-Group-HOWTO.sgml | 35 ++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/User-Group-HOWTO.sgml b/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/User-Group-HOWTO.sgml index a0b85057..2aac9903 100644 --- a/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/User-Group-HOWTO.sgml +++ b/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/User-Group-HOWTO.sgml @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
Linux User Group HOWTO -<author><url name="Rick Moen" url="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com"></author> -<date>v1.6.9, 2003-10-10 +<author><url name="Rick Moen" url="mailto:%20rick@linuxmafia.com%20"></author> +<date>v1.7.0, 2003-10-14 <abstract> The Linux User Group HOWTO is a guide to founding, maintaining, and @@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ Telltale signs that a questioner may need to be transitioned to consulting-based In general, LUG members are especially delighted to help, on a volunteer basis, members who seem likely to participate in the Linux "gift culture" by picking up its body of lore -and, in turn, perpetuate it by teaching others in their turn. Certainly, there's nothing +and, in turn, perpetuating it by teaching others in their turn. Certainly, there's nothing wrong with having other priorities and values, but such folk may in some cases be best referred to paid assistance, as a better fit for their needs. @@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ encouraged to follow suit. <p> Finally, LUGs may also support the Linux movement by soliciting and organising charitable giving. <url name="Chris Browne" -url="mailto:cbbrowne@cbbrowne.com"> has thought about this issue as much as +url="mailto:%20cbbrowne@cbbrowne.com%20"> has thought about this issue as much as anyone I know, and he contributes the following: <sect3>Chris Browne on free software / open source philanthropy @@ -952,16 +952,18 @@ There are several organisations offering assistance to LUGs. <tag>GLUE:</tag> Groups of Linux Users Everywhere is a user group coordination and support program started by SSC, the same people who publish <it>Linux Journal</it>. The <url name="GLUE program" - url="http://www.ssc.com:8080/glue/groups/"> is an inexpensive way - for a LUG to provide some benefits to its membership. + url="http://www.ssc.com:8080/glue/groups/"> offers substantial + benefits to your LUG membership, and can be joined free of + charge at <url name="http://www.ssc.com:8080/glue/free_listing" + url="http://www.ssc.com:8080/glue/free_listing">. <tag>Cleveland Linux User's Group:</tag> Own the Internet domain <tt>lug.net</tt>. They will provide your LUG an Internet domain name at <tt>lug.net</tt>: your-LUG-name-or-city.<tt>lug.net</tt>. More information may be found by e-mailing <htmlurl name="Jeff - Garvas" url="mailto:jeff@cia.net">. + Garvas" url="mailto:%20jeff@cia.net%20">. - <tag>Red Hat, Inc.'s User Group Program:</tag> Assists LUGs to + <tag>Red Hat, Inc.'s User Group Program:</tag> Assists LUGs to develop and grow. More information may be found at <url url="http://www.redhat.com/apps/community/LUG/" name="Red Hat Web site">. @@ -1106,7 +1108,7 @@ relevant to your LUG. <sect2>Canada <p> -Thanks to <htmlurl name="Chris Browne" url="mailto:cbbrowne@cbbrowne.com"> +Thanks to <htmlurl name="Chris Browne" url="mailto:%20cbbrowne@cbbrowne.com%20"> for the following comments about the Canadian situation. <p> @@ -1126,7 +1128,7 @@ name="http://www.wegweiser-buergergesellschaft.de/praxishilfen/arbeit_im_verein/ <sect1>Software politics <p> -<url name="Chris Browne" url="mailto:cbbrowne@cbbrowne.com"> has the +<url name="Chris Browne" url="mailto:%20cbbrowne@cbbrowne.com%20"> has the following to say about the kinds of intra-LUG political dynamics that often crop up (lightly edited and expanded by the HOWTO maintainer): @@ -1339,7 +1341,7 @@ url="http://www.tldp.org/">. <p> I welcome questions about and feedback on this document. Please send them to me at <htmlurl name="rick@linuxmafia.com" -url="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com">. <it>I am especially interested in +url="mailto:%20rick@linuxmafia.com%20">. <it>I am especially interested in hearing from LUG leaders around the world</it>. I'd like to include real-life examples of things described here. I'm particularly trying to include more on LUGs outside the USA. Please let me know of @@ -1378,6 +1380,8 @@ sections under "Legal and political issues".</item> Linux news outlets; parts of sections concerning consultants, businesses, and elections.</item> <item>1.6.9: Minor corrections.</item> + <item>1.7.0: Caught up with GLUE membership having become free +of charge.</item> </itemize> @@ -1389,7 +1393,7 @@ initial versions of this document in 1997-1998, and for trusting me to take over and renovate his creation starting in 2003. Warn regards and thanks to <url name="Chris Browne" -url="mailto:cbbrowne@cbbrowne.com"> for describing the situation with +url="mailto:%20cbbrowne@cbbrowne.com%20"> for describing the situation with non-profit and charitable groups in Canada, his thoughts on financial donations as a way to participate in Linux and the free software and open-source software movements, and his ideas about the kinds of @@ -1399,12 +1403,13 @@ In addition, the following people have made helpful comments and suggestions: <itemize> - <item>Hugo van der Kooij</item> - <item>Greg Hankins</item> - <item>Charles Lindahl</item> <item>Jeff Garvas</item> <item>James Hertzler</item> + <item>Greg Hankins</item> <item>Thomas Kappler</item> + <item>Hugo van der Kooij</item> + <item>Charles Lindahl</item> + <item>Don Marti</item> </itemize>