Forming a new Linux and Open Source User Group UCC-LUG

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Hello

My name is David

I’m at University College Cork, Ireland.

I first started with open source in the 1990s (FreeBSD) and then moved to various Linux flavours and eventually settled down with Ubuntu.

We are setting up a Linux and Open Source User Group (UCC-LUG).

I’d love to hear any ideas or tips, particularly ideas around events.

David

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Likely not exactly what you were looking for, but it could be a driver for increased Membership and External Organization involvement (which could attract funding) that could lead to a thriving LUG:

More along the lines of what you were looking for, here is another reference:

Much older, but offering what looks like a broader scope of considerations as food for thought (N.B. by the same author of the above reference):

For Ubuntu specific references, have you looked at

An older reference, but sometimes older is good,

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Thank you so much. This looks very interesting, actually. Appreciate

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Forgot to point out a recent “Rebranding” of "LoCo"s (aka Local Community) to “Circle of Friends”.

The page for that is here:

You need to check the link at the bottom:


For a more inside view and discussion about community building, from the former community manager of Ubuntu Linux, Jono Bacon:

  • The Art of Community: Building the New Age of Participation (Theory in Practice)       by Jono Bacon

Associated blurb:

Online communities provide a wide range of opportunities for supporting a cause, marketing a product or service, or building open source software. The Art of Community helps you recruit members, motivate them, and manage them as active participants. Author Jono Bacon offers experiences and observations from his 14-year effort to build and manage communities, including his current position as manager for Ubuntu.
Discover how your community can become a reliable support network, a valuable source of new ideas, and a powerful marketing force. This expanded edition shows you how to keep community projects on track, make use of social media, and organize collaborative events. Interviews with 12 community management leaders, including Linus Torvalds, Tim O’Reilly, and Mike Shinoda, provide useful insights.

  • Develop specific objectives and goals for building your community
  • Build processes to help contributors perform tasks, work together, and share successes
  • Provide tools and infrastructure that enable members to work quickly
  • Create buzz around your community to get more people involved
  • Harness social media to broadcast information, collaborate, and get feedback
  • Use several techniques to track progress on community goals
  • Identify and manage conflict, such as dealing with divisive personalities

You may also want to read the following article, because it also makes reference to a group that encourages exchange of ideas under the banner “People Powered”:

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Sorry for a potentially stupid question, but what is an Open Source User Group/UCC-LUG? Is this an Ubuntu specific thing where a small-ish group of people meet up to contribute?
Or is it more akin to a casual groupchat just to talk about stuff?

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