Author: Alex Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] LUG Twinning
> > There are individuals and groups of Linux users who are not blessed with > > stonking fast net connections and ridiculously cheap media as we are in
> > the UK. They might benefit from a package sent from a UK user group who
> > do. This could comprise one or two copies of each of the major distros
> > latest releases, sent once every six months or so.
> >
> > This would cost us relatively little but could be tremendously useful in
> > outlying regions where access to latest releases is difficult. All it
> > would take is one member to burn one CD - even the smallest of LUGs
> > could muster 5 people - to total 5 CDs to send.
> >
> > Each LUG could find a "twin" LUG. They could each "write to" eachother
> > (pen pal style) but in public. In a kind of blog or bulletin board. If
> > net access is really crappy for them, then they could post via snail
> > mail and we could type it up our end.
>
What an absolutely brilliant idea! I couldn't agree more - we are lucky, and
why not share this? I would be very happy to participate!
As asked before, how would you select the 'twin LUG'? Perhaps we could vote
from a shortlist? :)
