Re: Helping prepare a user group budget for 2007

[Dean Sas <dean deansas org>]

Thomas Wood wrote:
> On 6 Jan 2007, at 16:45, Dave Neary wrote:
> > [...]
> > The first is to make sure that at least one person representing your
> > user group is subscribed to the gugmasters-list gnome org mailing list 
> > -
> > which is the place where collaboration between several user groups, and
> > interaction from the foundation to the user groups will happen. You can
> > do that at http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gugmasters-list
>
> Could someone on the gnome-uk list volunteer to do this? I'm pretty 
> tied up with Guadec and other stuff at the moment.

I can do this if no-one else steps up. I'm a relative newcomer to 
gnome-uk but I've been lurking on the list for a few months now and have 
been looking to be more actively involved. Please poke me if there's 
anything needing to be done in that respect.

> > The second request is that you write to the list with your plans for
> > theh year, and your likely requirements of help from the foundation (be
> > it material help like shipping t-shirts, or financial help to pay for
> > travel expenses for a speaker, or your need to embezzle funds to buy
> > that new car). Also, if you have ideas of things that we should be
> > spending money on for user groups in general, I would love to have your
> > input.
>
> We've obviously got Guadec here this year, but if anyone wants to 
> organise gnome related speakers or t-shirts for a lug or something, it 
> looks like the foundation should be able to help out. Perhaps this is 
> something we could advertise to lugs as a service? Does any one think 
> their local lug might be interested in hearing someone talk about 
> gnome, or ordering some gnome merchandise?

I think that my local LUGS (Sheffield, maybe Staffs) may be interested 
in a talk on GNOME. I know Hants lug are after more guest speakers too. 
I'm not sure what topics specifically, maybe topics like "Getting 
involved with gnome", "Developing Gnome/GTK apps", "Where is GNOME 
headed?" would be good, though I'm sure you can think of more.

If anyone is thinking of giving a talk (bit of pre-GUADEC practice 
maybe?) Getting in touch with their local lug [0] would be useful, or if 
you're willing to travel, mailing the lugmasters list.


[0] http://lug.org.uk/lugs/index.php