From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 23 7:17: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from jasper.heartland.ab.ca (jasper.heartland.ab.ca [207.107.228.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3754A15083 for ; Tue, 23 Nov 1999 07:16:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkwiebe@heartland.ab.ca) Received: from heartland.ab.ca (ppp1.heartland.ab.ca [207.107.228.129]) by jasper.heartland.ab.ca (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id IAA04842; Tue, 23 Nov 1999 08:05:46 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <383AA37C.1B14A7AE@heartland.ab.ca> Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 07:23:56 -0700 From: Darren Wiebe Organization: Hagen Homes Ltd. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net>, freeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Eq of Freebsdcon in Australia?? References: <000801bf304e$2afd7820$9d9ec5d1@01031149> <19991122222308.59385@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Greg Lehey wrote: > > [Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] > > On Tuesday, 16 November 1999 at 8:15:50 -0800, Duke Normandin wrote: > > Hi... > > > >>> Hi I was wondering if there was an eq of Freebsdcon in Berkley > >>> califiaonia but on in Australia for the Freebsd users in > >>> Australia? (unless I am the only one) > >> > >> You're not the only one, but there probably isn't critical mass. > >> The AUUG conference in Melbourne last September drew about 120 > >> people; the FreeBSDCon in Berkeley drew 330. I'd guess that a > >> FreeBSDCon in Australia would get about 40 attendees. Is that > >> worth it? > > > > What, IYHO, needs to happen (to FBSD or its PR) to turn this > > unfortunate reality around? > > Well, I suppose the first thing to do is to decide whether it's an > unfortunate reality. The logical next step would be to join some > larger organization, such as the AUUG, and go to some of their > functions. > > > Is there something that a wannabe newbie like me can do to help > > promote FBSD? What about UGs? > > There are user groups. See http://www.FreeBSD.org/support. > > > Is there a pre-defined format/structure/methology for creating same? > > No. > > > Should they/are they independent of fbsd.org? > > To a certain extent. > > > I don't believe that FBSD has much exposure here in my bailiwick - > > Calgary-Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. > Both cities have a unix users group don't they?? That would probably be the first place to start. > > That sounds like OpenBSD territory to me. In your situation, I'd > certainly find out what the local OpenBSD people are doing. And I > might reconsider joining the AUUG :-) > I happen to be in Stettler, Alberta, half way between Calgary and Edmonton. The only other person in town that really knows much about unix IMHO runs BSDI. I am trying to convert him, but BSDI is still much better IMHO than linux. :) > > As the hub of the Canadian oilpatch, I can't see why FBSD could not > > _become_ attractive to the numerous Network Admins in these head > > offices. They need stability but have no time and/or inclination to > > be messing around. I may not know FBSD, but I sure wouldn't mind > > doing some leg-work for the cause. > > Basically, the world's your oyster. Well, maybe start with Alberta. > As I say, check out the OpenBSD population. You could start a BSD > group: a number of the user groups aren't limited to FreeBSD. > I agree that there could be a lot of opportunities for FreeBSD in the oilpatch, but I do not have any connections. One of the things that stand in the way is people like our local computer shop. They try to sell me MS proxy server once in a while. It gets very frustrating... > > Greg > -- > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > See complete headers for address and phone numbers > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message