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LUGs in the Baltimore area...LUGs in the Baltimore area...Posted Jun 17, 2002 20:01 UTC (Mon) by DeletedUser2116 ((unknown), #2116)In reply to: LUGs in the Baltimore area... by jonlasser Parent article: Glen Burnie Linux User Group Forming If you had read thoroughly what the Glen Burnie LUG site said, you'd have realized that this LUG was not created because there were no other LUGs within driving distance of Glen Burnie. This LUG was created to be what no (or very few) LUGs are: advocacy & recruitment oriented, and newbie centric. This LUG will be active in the community, showing Linux off to the unwashed masses, with a central mission of leading average PC users out of the darkness and into the waiting arms of Tux. This LUG's meeting announcement will never say something like "Lewis Berman will be speaking on writing Apache modules." That level of technical expertise is best left to the handful of members who care. No, this LUG was created to be something completely different, something new and exciting; not just another monthly gathering of the computer elite. This will be a LUG for the masses. If there were other LUGs like this nearby, a new LUG would not have been necessary. If you disagree with the value of leading the masses to Linux, that's another thread. But you cannot say that the other two LUGs you mention are just like this one. They're not. And that's why a new LUG was created, rather than one person joining an existing LUG and trying to take control of its direction. That would be stupid and disrespectful to the members of that LUG, and in the end, a waste of time. I hope you see the difference now.
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LUGs in the Baltimore area... Posted Jun 20, 2002 13:41 UTC (Thu) by jonlasser (guest, #1077) [Link] I see the difference, and I applaud the goal of bringing newbies to Linux. However, running a LUG or a group of any sort is hard work and requires dedication from a number of members. (I run Baltimore's local SAGE group, Old Bay SAGE, and have done so for nigh on three years now, so I know what it takes to do it consistently.) In my experience, a group dedicated to newbies doesn't last, because either the newbies initially attracted blossom and now want those advanced LUG presentations you're pointing out, or because the experienced people get burnt out on helping newbies with the same questions again and again. A good LUG, like the UMBC LUG, has a constant mix of newbies and experienced people. This keeps the newbies involved when they're no longer newbies. If such a group were to succeed, it would have to be in a place where there weren't two other groups waiting to bleed off anyone who doesn't want to answer the same newbie questions again and again. Still and all, I could be completely wrong. The mission is admirable too. Good luck with the group.
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