> -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Tony Yarusso > Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 1:15 PM > To: TCLUG > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Looking for a LUG > > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Brian Dolan-Goecke > <goeko at goecke-dolan.com> wrote: > > I have always found the meeting *VERY* useful. And was very > > disappointed to see the TCLug stop having regular meeting. And had for > > years tried to find a somewhere to have a meeting. Now I personally am > > not a fan of meeting at the U of M, and I don't like to meet week > > nights. So with those constraints I felt it was easier to start my own > > group, and chose to no go through the TCLug. So that is how Penguins > > Unbound came about. > > I'm a little bit confused by this. Given that "TCLUG" isn't really a > formal entity and just the collection of its members, why is Penguins > Unbound billed as a separate group if it's intended to basically just > be LUG meetings at a time that works for you? As I understand it, > there isn't any process to "go through the TCLug" to organize things > for - someone just decides to do something and runs with it. Perhaps > you could elaborate a little more on the separate PU branding? > > - Tony Yarusso It's a polite formality... perhaps just diplomacy. Some in TCLUG are/were somewhat possessive and may not understand that TCLUG really isn't any more than a list and web site. Chuck