Re: Community Teams

[Ekaterina Gerasimova <kittykat3756 gmail com>]

On 2 December 2013 20:45, Oliver Propst <oliver propst gmail com> wrote:
>  I can see your point, I try another one then "society".

Group, community and society would have very similar connotations for
many people, even though they do mean slightly different things. I
don't see anything wrong with "user group" other than that it hasn't
been changed in a while (is that really such a bad thing?) and it does
describe what it is perfectly.

On the other hand, some of the groups seem to have dissolved or become
inactive. I suspect that it would be more worthwhile making sure that
the details were up-to-date than spending effort on rebranding it.

> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 9:41 PM, Hashem Nasarat <hnasarat gmail com> wrote:
> > 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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