[Liverpool] Group Future (Was: Places To Drink)

[Dan Lynch]

Yeah I agree, no need to apologise. I can waffle about music and films for
ages (as you've all suffered), I think general topics and humour are good
for the group. We could all sit there with serious faces and debate the GPL
vs BSD license all night but I wouldn't blame people for staying away if we
did. Of course there's a place for those kinds of discussions but it can't
be the only thing we do.

There has to be room for talk of Chris Morris and Take That (that's one's
for you Jo). Oh and of course space for Simon to explain how wrong we all
our about whatever the topic might be, it's part of the fun I think. As
Simon himself said our motto should be "Come to Liverpool for the Craic"
...or perhaps that should be "crack". I'm sure the council are working on a
poster campaign already.


On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 2:03 PM, oscillik <oscillik at gmail.com> wrote:

> i feel i must apologise, as it's me that kinda started the whole tangental
> music related stuff :-s
> i was quirky
>
> 2009/5/8 Andrew Williams <andy at tensixtyone.com>
>
>> On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 12:30:34PM +0100, Dan Lynch wrote:
>>
>> > I would agree with Vladimir on this one. I know we are called a Linux
>> User
>> > Group but in reality at every LUG I've ever been to people don't just
>> talk
>> > about Linux exclusively. There's usually talk about phones and mobile
>> > devices, BSD, Solaris and all kinds of general FLOSS stuff. I've never
>> heard
>> > anyone complain about it. There's plenty of Linux talk too as you'd
>> expect
>> > but it's not a set topic. It's what I would expect at a LUG, perhaps
>> I've
>> > missed the point of the L in LUG all along. I love Linux and I love
>> talking
>> > about it but I don't mind if people want to talk about BSD or anything
>> else.
>> > It seems a little like splitting hairs.
>>
>> Yes, but in the same mindset would a non linux user come to a group
>> named the Linux User Group? our scope and membership covers a wide range
>> of people but the name of the group is restrictive.
>>
>> Don't take me wrong, i'm not on about setting topics or enforcing what
>> people talk about, thats stupid. I'm talking about naming the group
>> better than what it is. let it reflect the membership, not dictate it.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Andrew Williams
>> w: http://tensixtyone.com/
>> e: andy at tensixtyone.com
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