Just to be clear, the point in having a website is to tell people ubuntu au exists right ? So i agree with having an updated site, perhaps it should just be more like a planet ?.... (with contact information) and just pool feeds from Australian ubuntu users blogs /other places.
That way the site will have new content (recent) and it will have contact information as well :) 2009/10/12 The Bronze <braddan...@gmail.com>: > Hmmm. Ok so I'm reading that people don't want forums for various > reasons. In fact I read it four or five times which is why I'm not a > fan of mail groups but... > > The main reason for me posting it that I want to contribute in some > way to the development / promotion of Ubuntu, particularly in > Australia and not just take take take. > > So shelve the forum idea if it's not going to be used. > > So not wanting to get off topic but to answer my wider question. How > can I help? It shouldn't be this hard to volunteer. > > I've joined my local LUG. Plans are in the tube for teaching new users > (14th) and a SFD coming up (November). So thats a physical help. How > can I help online? > > I've tried to offer my services to Admin / contribute to the Ubuntu-Au > site (get it up to date) but my offers (both here and on IRC) seem to > have fallen on deaf ears. There are lots of people but no President, > Marketing or Council to email and say: Hi, I can do this, this and > this. What do you want me to do? > > I really didn't think it would be this hard to help. Talk about > banging head against wall. > > I can understand that a forum may not be useful so what then. Thought? > > I'm thinking maybe I might try and do an Ubuntu-Au podcast with > interviews, news and tips/tricks instead. > > If this doesn't work I think I'll just concentrate on scouting. > > Thanks in advance. > > Regards, > > Steve > > > > > > On 12 Oct, 17:06, IKT <noname...@gmail.com> wrote: >> *I can read my mail anywhere anytime, a forum requires an active internet >> connection. Also my email client highlights what I haven't read yet.* >> >> All modern forums have the ability to let you 'subscribe' to a thread, and >> you can set it to send you an email with the contents of every reply. >> >> *- Animated Avatars* >> >> Most modern forums have the ability to disable them or the admins could set >> it to not have avatars at all. >> * >> - Knowing which forums to read involves drill down until you can see the >> topic* >> >> I was thinking 3 or 4 sub forums tops, there's no reason to have a whole >> wide range of sub-forums when OCAU and Whirlpool have them. >> >> *I also prefer email/newsgroups because *I* get to decide what the emails >> look like on my machine (e.g. HTML/no HTML, font, size, etc.).* >> >> Most modern browsers have those specific features you mentioned, font, size >> etc are availble from the "view" menu on firefox, it also lets you zoom in >> and if you install the noscript addon it means no scripts run at all. >> >> -- >> ubuntu-au mailing list >> ubuntu...@lists.ubuntu.comhttps://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
