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List:       opensolaris-mktg
Subject:    [osol-mktg] French/European Open Solaris User Groups
From:       jim.grisanzio () sun ! com (Jim Grisanzio)
Date:       2005-08-29 0:12:46
Message-ID: 4312B4BC.5080109 () sun ! com
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Hello, Laurent. [forwarding to ug-discuss...]

If you are forming a user group in France, we'd love to give you guys a 
page on opensolaris.org within the User Group Community:
http://opensolaris.org/os/community/os_user_groups/
I can make you an editor on the main user group community and then open 
a page specifically for your group so you can edit it on your own.

If you need a way to communicate with the people in you user group, we 
can give your group an opensolaris.org mail list so you can organize 
meetings and talk and such. I'll need to have a name from you. Check the 
format on the other user groups at the community link above. Keep in 
mind, Europe is gigantic, and even France is large. Can you narrow it 
down a bit to a city or region? Over time there could easily be a dozen 
or more user groups in Europe.

Sign up to the ug-discuss mail list, so you can communicate with the 
other people who have formed user groups and linked them to 
opensolaris.org.

If you are meeting up with Sun marketing in France, that's great. Have 
them get involved as well and get them to sing up to opensolaris.org so 
they can edit your user group page as well.

To answer some of your questions below:

 > Here are a few general questions I have:
 >   - what kind of help can Sun bring? Topics, swag, speeches?

I'll let OpenSolaris marketing chime in on this. I don't have any swag, 
but they do. Perhaps they can work with the Sun marketing people in 
France to drum up some items for you. I'd encourage you to just keep it 
simple: t-shirts and mugs go a long way.

As far as topics ... all of Solaris is up for grabs. Some people talk 
about the features in Solaris 10, some talk about how to build 
OpenSolaris, etc. Check out the other user groups at the link below. The 
  Silicon Valley group actually has some videos from previous meetings.

Check with Sun France to see if they have any speakers who could kick 
you guys off.


 >   - how many people are typically expected to attend?

It depends. Some groups start out with 10 and grow from there. Here in 
Silicon Valley Alan gets about 30-50 each month.

 >   - how frequent can those meetings be?

Generally monthly but it's completely up to you.


 >   - how far should they reach geographically?

It depends. Some people drive 50 miles; others want it closer. User 
groups tend to be local things, which is their strength.

 >   - what kind of people should attend (technical, commercial)?

A mix is good -- everything from general Solaris users to highly 
technical people.

 >   - anything else?

Make sure you have food, beer, pizza, and a camera. Take lots of 
pictures and blog them. :)

How's that for a start?

Jim
---
Jim Grisanzio, Community Manager, OpenSolaris
http://blogs.sun.com/jimgris/



Laurent Blume wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> First, a quick introduction of myself (and advertisement for what I'm doing).
> I'm a French user (hence the title), I've been using Solaris since version 7 was
> made free for educational use, and started participating (not much at the time)
> to the Solaris x86 list.
> 
> Those days, I'm pushing the use of Solaris among the French-speaking community,
> and of course, improve its fr localization where needed.
> 
> That's why I'm co-moderating the French Solaris list with ?ric cantin, Sun's
> sponsorship, and Mariuzs ?ynel hosting of the resource page:
> 
> http://x86.sun.com/mailman/listinfo/solaris_fr
> http://fr.solaris-x86.org/
> 
> I also more recently volunteered for the management of the fr localization group
> for OpenSolaris:
> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/int_localization/community_structure/fr_group/
> 
> (Still a lot to do on that side, I know.)
> 
> Now, back to my topic:
> 
> I'd like to have a user group on continental Europe, not necessarily
> French-speaking by the way.
> I'm already in contact with Sun France's marketing, they seem interested, and
> I'll meet them in around 10 days, so that's good.
> 
> How, I'm a novice at organizing user groups, so I'm here to ask for any kind of
> advice.
> Is it the right place? Lots of mailing lists blossoming on opensolaris.org those
> days, I'm hard pressed to keep track, and I won't mind reposting somewhere else
> if needed!
> 
> Here are a few general questions I have:
>   - what kind of help can Sun bring? Topics, swag, speeches?
>   - how many people are typically expected to attend?
>   - how frequent can those meetings be?
>   - how far should they reach geographically?
>   - what kind of people should attend (technical, commercial)?
>   - anything else?
> 
> I hope those are not too naive :-)
> 
> Thanks in advance for any information,
> 
> Laurent

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