Re: Community Teams

[Hashem Nasarat <hnasarat gmail com>]

I don't think tribe is a perfect term either.

> In the West, "tribal" often implies "savage."

http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-19-spring-2001/feature/trouble-tribe

What about community? i.e. The GNOME Brazil Community
circle? The GNOME Brazil Circle

On 12/02/2013 03:31 PM, Oliver Propst wrote:
> What about "tribes" ?
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 9:07 PM, Hashem Nasarat <hnasarat gmail com
> <mailto:hnasarat gmail com>> wrote:
>
>     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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