ReApprovalApplication
We are a group of enthusiastic Linux users in the state of Kentucky (Commonwealth really). We were formed originally around January 12th 2007. Around a year after we started we remade ourselves as a more general LUG but kept up with all things Ubuntu. On January 14th 2008 the BGLUG was formed.
Key Details
Date - (September 21st 2010)
Team Contact - Eric Lake <ericlake@ubuntu.com>
Membership - 80 as of 1st September 2010
Mailing List - http://groups.google.com/group/bglug
Web Site - http://bglug.net
Team Wiki - http://bglug.net/wiki
IRC - #bglug on freenode
Roadmap
KLF - Inspired by the awesome OLF (Ohio Linux Fest) we have been discussing the possibility of hosting a KLF (Kentucky Linux Fest). This is a huge effort and something that will take time to come to fruition.
Member Reviews - Encouraging members to submit reviews (books, software, hardware) to the site in order to drive traffic and attract new members.
Survey - We are actively working to better understand the needs of the members of our team.
- We have started with a simple survey to discover if our current meeting times work for the majority of the group.
- We are taking polls to get a feel for what kinds of topics our member are interested in discussing at our regular meetings.
Experience
Release Parties
- We have been hosting release parties for Ubuntu since Feisty was released.
- We have hosted release parties for Fedora since Constantine was released.
Install Fest - To date we have held three install fests.
Regular Meetings - Our team holds regular IRC and IRL meetings
- IRC - The first Tuesday of each month at 9:00PM EST in #bglug on irc.freenode.net. We are currently discussing moving to having two meetings per month on the first and third Tuesday.
- IRL - The third Saturday of each month from 2:30PM - 4:30PM EST
- Our goal at each meeting is to have some content to fit all experience levels. We do not want to talk over new users heads but we also do not want to bore the ones that have been using Linux for a long time either.
Grid Computing - Using our spare cpu cycles to help fight cancer and cure other world problems
User Support - We have been providing support to those we come in contact with since our beginning. We support users in the following areas: irc, in person, mailing lists, and forums.