Re: Community Teams

[Hashem Nasarat <hnasarat gmail com>]

I like the idea, but not the proposed term.

The concept of clan connotes ethnicity to me. Also it makes me think of
the klan.

Is there something that better connotes geographic proximity?

On 12/02/2013 02:50 PM, William Jon McCann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In the process of doing some cleanup of our online presence, I noticed
> that our local community team experience isn't very cohesive or inviting.
>
> We have a bunch of stuff scattered around the wiki with the center of it
> apparently being https://wiki.gnome.org/UserGroups .
>
> While the term LUG or UG may resonate with some older users it doesn't
> really seem too inviting to me or some of the people I've tried to reach
> out to (ugh).
>
> So, I started thinking about what groups of gnomes might be called...
>
> Something that is a word and not an acronym.
> Something that avoids the tired old patterns.
> Something that is a warm, inviting, and evokes kinship.
>
> How about being part of a clan?
>
> I propose that we:
>
>  * Rename https://wiki.gnome.org/UserGroups to https://wiki.gnome.org/Clans
>  * Move individual team content under that page (eg.
> https://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeBrasil -> https://wiki.gnome.org/Clans/Brasil)
>  * Streamline the presentation of the clans page and add a map
>
> What do you think? Should we go ahead?
>
> Thanks,
> Jon
>
>
> PS. If you insist on justification by acronym here you go: community
> [for] local activity and networking :)
>
>
>
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