On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 08:15, bill traynor wrote:

Announcement and formal Invitation to discussions:

On Tuesday, July 9, 2002 discussion will begin regarding the definition, organization and relaunch of the Canadian Linux Users Exchange (CLUE). Discussions will take place on the admin@linux.ca mailing list exclusively.

Please see http://www.linux.ca/lists/ to subscribe.

What CLUE is, What CLUE does, Why CLUE exists will be discussed.

The first day of discussion regarding the reorganization of CLUE went very well. We had representation from several LUGs across Canada and many good ideas were discussed including:

- forming a formal lobbying group for government funding of opensource projects - creation of a national organization of Linux professionals, not unlike how engineers are organized today - formalize an advocacy program to increase the number of women working with Linux and opensource in Canada - etc. etc.

As our mailing list archival functionality is broken, I've resorted to mailing a 40 kb tarball to anyone who is interested in the days threads. NOTE: If you post to a thread that you find in the tarball, try your best to maintain the Subject: line. It's greatly appreciated.

Please feel free to subscribe to admin@linux.ca at http://www.linux.ca/lists/ and posts your opinion on what you think a National Linux organization should be, should do, etc. The discussions are ongoing on this list.

Thanks Bill Traynor

Thanks Bill Traynor

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