[Linux-aus] AUUG to close? Will there be a rush of new members to Linux Australia?

[Steven Hanley]

On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 12:01:22PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> <quote who="Dave Davey">
> 
> > Let things evolve with LA's brand untarnished (except perhaps for some
> > small print acknowledgement "incorporating AUUG") and see what happens.
> > If there are many new members and they make an impact a new name may
> > evolve. The name is not the starting point.
> 
> I think one of the problems with this discussion is that two independent
> topics have been conflated. There's the whole issue of what to do about
> AUUG, which is fundamentally up to the AUUG membership. Then there's the
> issue about the Linux Australia name, which is an independent issue even
> though some naming issues have been raised in the context of the AUUG
> discussion.

Cool something I agree with Jeff on :)

Yes people need to realise the LA name change suggestion is completely
unrelated to AUUG.

As much as I respect Jeff and all the cool stuff he does, this is
definitely one area I disagree with him on (LA name change). However open
debate is always interesting and useful.

The LA name change idea (and lca name change) has been brought up a few
times in the last year and a half. It is something we obviously need to hash
out more and get high community involvement with getting our future
direction worked out on.

Maddog made a great post to this list last year when we were discussing the
issue (though part of why I think it so good is possibly due to him agreeing
with my dissinterest in renaming lca)

http://lists.linux.org.au/archives/linux-aus/2006-September/msg00162.html

Anyway keep the issues seperate but keep the debate coming.

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