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Having local UG's for support is redundant and unnecessary IMO. That leaves the options of promotion and socialization. Frankly, I live in world where the only people who know what I'm talking about are here on this forum. Everyone else seems to think the web is voodoo in a box.&n...

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It was not the logo usage what worried me but the word "official". Words, you know. Words are important. If you say "this is the Omaha Official JUG" you should expect any new user from Omaha trying to get in touch with that group. Therefore, Joomla! should provide a "charter" or "guidelines" or an ...

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A few thoughts. One of the signs of a healthy and viable community is its friendliness amongst its members. I personally think that Joomla! User Groups are a good idea if kept in the proper perspective. There are several examples in varying projects of different definitions of what makes up a...

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Great to see the global moderators operating speedily and in tandem to resolve this. Sadly when things take a while to resolve or be answered people see conspiracy. Great that it all worked well this time I don't see conspiracy. I've never seen conspiracy. I see people trying to protect their inter...

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I just wrote a post today concerning the risks involving having the frontend URI and backend URI out of sync inside a CMS and it's no longer around. Can I have a reasonable answer as to why my skills and experience within the perils of closed source enterprise CMS management are not worthy of acknow...

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I don't believe it, Amy.. You missed the Drupal Melbourne crew..

http://groups.drupal.org/node/87
http://groupsbeta.drupal.org/node/613
http://www.greenash.net.au/posts/though ... -melbourne

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AmyStephen wrote:How did it go? More pictures for Flickr, I hope?

Very quiet. There were two from MUG (including myself), another person who runs the Ruby on Rails User Group in Melbourne and a couple from the tequp network. No photos either..

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The second official meeting of Joomla!MUG will be at Joe's Garage, 366 Brunswick St Fitzroy, 6.30 pm onwards.

It's going to be a very casual affair, especially on Valentines Day..

More details found here:
http://www.joomlamug.org/events/func,details/did,2/

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Whilst a percentage to OSM would be good I belive it would be easier if the transaction was as a donation from the UG to Joomla! rather than skimming a percentage from the top. That way the UG can ensure its viable and donate what it can afford. Whereas I'm thinking about progressive economies of s...

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I do hope though, Shayne, that not "all" proceeds would go to the User Group, but a part to Joomla through OSM. Otherwise, going through the Official shop looks indeed like the only acceptable solution. What about this option: c.) supplied by a local (to UG) supplier, with the Frontend being via th...

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Why are you looking for benefits? Helping Joomla is enough for me. Well, if it's a design specific to a location or region, and the act of purchase doesn't invest in the local community in any way by that act, what's the point ? After all, it would be plainly idiotic to starve the user groups...

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If a user group has a customised design for a shirt/whatever, what benefits are there in submitting that design to the shop ?

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Australia/Oceania is also a different sizing structure.

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Start by following the rules Lawrence. You cant have a shop. Accept it. I can't also have any merchantable material, such as a T-shirt for the MUG "core" whenever that happens (i.e. so people know they're dealing with JMUG people). Anything that involves some manner of duplication, as per a T-shirt...

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I dont agree with your conclusions at all Lawrence. I think we have a completely different idea about what a User Group is. It's okay to have a completely different idea. Shayne has said that's okay in terms of how OSM treats the UGs. I'm okay with it too. The question is - where do we go from here...

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Alrighty, I'm gonna weigh in here. I realize that most of you never heard of me, but I've been around since day 2 I think. I try to help people (read: newbies) with design issues and basic questions. I am not a programmer by any stretch and only learned what little php I kno...

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I hear you, Lawrence. You are too young, but Springsteen's my man. Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king And a king ain't satisfied till he rules everything Now, maybe together, through this process, we'll find the way. I'm confident we will. Thanks for joining us. Perhaps we need a third ...

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One of my favorite sayings is " Power to the People! " which is a big part of what I love about open source - it empowers people. So, I'd sure stand against any structure where I thought there might be an "takeover/occupation." Eeek! Centralisation of resources and control will do that. Mutua...

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In part of the reading, there is discussion of getting legal not for profit standing. That is going to be a big challenge for many - and overkill for small groups. Does it make sense to either have a "central" not for profit group and local accounts? And, should that be separate from or part of joo...

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If we follow the LUG model (which is what I'm trying to do), in order to make the barriers to UG membership as low as possible (i.e no fees whatsoever), other forms of business operation are needed. LUGs do encourage merchandising for Linux and suggest it overtly as a means for financial liqui...

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From a design and usability perspective, the date last updated should be contextually associated with the version number as the version number is the primary field to determining last updated (unless of course, people tinker with their description and content). It would read better if you stuck the ...

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What would it take to differentiate them ?

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Your interpretation of "source code" is going to bring you some trouble Like I said, it's a test case for the legality of your licence. I also write Windows applications. The "source code" is compiled for use under the Windows operating system. J! Reactions is PHP script code, similarly writt...

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Since, neither of you are JED mods nor the person who wrote the review, why don't you mind your own business. Whatever happened to good customer service, Stefano ? Wrong. It's time for you to roll up your sleeves, write your own software, and stop whining like a spoiled brat. You claim to be a Joom...

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The "Free" designation is most certainly correct for the Free Edition of J! Reactions, lol. There are only 4 or 5 options for developers. But really, this has nothing to do with the review error. How can it be free when the licence even stops developers fixing your free product to take it in a dire...

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The last updated script is broken beyond repair it seems.. March last year was not 79 days ago.

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brad wrote:We lost it about 12 months ago.... why? because we speak English here. International forums are created based on language not geographic location.

Hope it makes sense.

So where do the geographic specific related issues go ?

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What happened to the Oceania forum ? It's no longer listed?

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What should the flickr tag be again? Interesting.. I had about 4 or 5 conversation on the politics of Mambo, being ex-3PD Standards and U&A/D&A (I think I had 3 people ask me directly why it went south in the first place) so the difference on the 'floor' is remarkably different than the perception f...

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The afterparty was at Manchester Lane.. where the hardcore / stragglers talked, exchanged J! ideas and drank till about 8..

Which is, of course, running Joomla! How's that for zen co-incidence ?

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