+1 On Dec 4, 2008, at 8:27 PM, "W. Wayne Liauh" <wp at HawaiiLinux.us> wrote:
>> W. Wayne Liauh wrote: >>> I have started doing some talks about setting up an >> OSUG here in Hawaii. Most likely it will be located >> at University of Hawaii, inside the same lab where >> Fedora Linux was born about six years ago. (the >> Fedora project was initially started by Warren Togami >> when he was a sophomore CompSci student.) >>> >>> At this time, I don't know whether OSUG is the >> right structure for our planed activities, but at >> least we will be able to give OpenSolaris a home in >> the middle of the pacific ocean. >>> >> >> Cool. +1 if you do it. I view the OSUGs as >> mini-communities, so whether >> it's the right structure or not, it's a start. Let us >> know if you want >> to move ahead. >> >> Jim >> > > Hi Jim, > > Thanks for the pre-approval, and apologize for taking so long to > respond. After some thoughts, I think instead of waiting for the > perfect moment, it will be much better to get the Hawaii OSUG > formally formed and see how things take care of themselves. > > Thus, I am proposing the formation of an OpenSolaris User Group in > Hawaii. Its name will be "Hawaii OpenSolaris UserGroup" (HOSUG). > The OpenSolaris User IDs of the three initial participants are: > waynel (W. Wayne Liauh), joelaris (Joe Linux), and pwzhangz (Ping-Wu > Zhang), and its contact info is: W. Wayne Liauh, Hawaii Linux > Institute, 4224 Waialae Ave., Suite 5388, Honolulu, HI 96816 . > > Initially and as the first step, we will define a hardware (desktop/ > laptop) system so that users can comfortably pursue a long-term > relationship with OpenSolaris. At the present time, our activities > will be limited to Oahu, and we hope to alternate meetings between > the Leeward and the Windward sides. In the longer run, because of > the cultural diversities of Hawaii, we would like to also populate > OpenSolaris into the Japanese, Chinese, Korean, German, etc., > communities in Hawaii. > -- > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > advocacy-discuss mailing list > advocacy-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy-discuss
