Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 06:37:59 -0600 From: Ingrid Kast Fuller <ingrid@cityscope.net> To: FreeBSD Advocacy <advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Unfurl <unfurl@dub.net> Subject: Re: Active advocacy Message-ID: <36E27327.D1272336@cityscope.net> References: <40020.920445784@zippy.cdrom.com>
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Let me know if there ARE any articles somewhere to read about starting a FreeBSD users group as I am wanting to start one here where I live. We have a Unix and Linux group, but no FreeBSD group. I have a few questions, maybe someone can reply with an answer: Does the group have to be registered with the state as a non-profit now or can I just start having meetings and then once we get some active support do it. Any input from the more established User groups on getting started or maybe a "this is what we did" message would be great!!! "Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote: > > [directed just to -advocacy] > > > Two years ago I lived in Tucson,AZ. After a few newsgroup posts > > and a meeting or two we had a really great group going. Today they > > have over 130 members. In January, after moving to Seattle, WA I > > posted a request to various newsgroups and mailing lists to see if > > there was any interest in a Seattle area users group. Now, two > > months later, the group is getting ready for it's second meeting > > and has 25 people on the mailing list. Some of these people are > > newbies that are getting their "mother's milk" from others on the > > list. Some of them might have given up without that initial boost. > > Wow, that's a nice little "success story" there - any chance of > getting an article on "how to start your own user group" for the > mythical and much-rumored issue #3 of the FreeBSD Newsletter? :) > > - Jordan > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message *********************************************************** Ingrid Kast Fuller (ingrid@cityscope.net) CityScope Computer Services Since 1984 CityScope Net (http://www.cityscope.net) 1(713)477-6161 109 West Southmore, Pasadena, TX 77502-1001 *********************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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