Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 11:01:38 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: Unfurl <unfurl@dub.net>, FreeBSD Advocacy <advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Active advocacy Message-ID: <36DD7902.3BCEC7E@softweyr.com> References: <40020.920445784@zippy.cdrom.com>
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"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
Remember the slogan "Think globally, act locally"? Works, doesn't
it? Keep that in mind when planning advocacy activities. It's
OK to start small, and advocacy always starts at home. To steal
another slogan (from a prominent local church) "Every member is
a missionary."
;^)
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com
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