<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title></head><body><div>> I'm curious if Andre has joined any LUG mailing lists?<br></div><div><br></div><div>I found a photo of Andre Duttmann on the following web site. Click on the graphical "Team" icon at the bottom of the page.<br></div><div><a href="https://lugsask.ca/">https://lugsask.ca/</a></div><div><br></div><div>LugSask also has a facebook page, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1466037504987428/">Linux User Group Saskatchewan</a> which Andre started on April 10, under the user name "An Dy". It is already filling with spam...<br></div><div><br></div><div>So LugSask is in the startup phase. Andre is starting this and Linux Association Canada at the same time.</div><div><br></div><div>I found traces of several earlier defunct Saskatchewan LUGs on the net, with some mailing lists that are now inaccessible. There used to be a Saskatchewan-wide web site that was an umbrella for the various Saskatchewan LUGs. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100107055948/http://www.sask.linux.ca/">https://web.archive.org/web/20100107055948/http://www.sask.linux.ca/</a></div><div><br></div><div>I didn't find mention of Andre or Linux Association Canada on the MUUG (Manitoba) mailing list.</div><div><br></div><div>Doug<br></div><div><br></div><div>On Wed, May 13, 2026, at 11:06 AM, Ron wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div class="qt-moz-cite-prefix"><span class="font" style="font-family:Tomson Talks;">Chris Frey
wrote on 2026-05-12 09:45:</span></div><blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:agNZRbqNIdo3v9N5@foursquare.net"><pre class="qt-moz-quote-pre"><blockquote type="cite" style="font-style:italic;color:rgb(145, 65, 172);"><pre class="qt-moz-quote-pre"><span class="font" style="font-family:Tomson Talks;">A group called the Linux Association Canada (linuxassociation.ca,
which does not have much on it yet) is trying to create a network of
free/open source community organizations. They reached out and asked
KWLUG to be a member of it.
</span></pre></blockquote><pre class="qt-moz-quote-pre"><span class="font" style="font-family:Tomson Talks;">The site is extremely light on "who"... there's no mention of an
actual person except a mysterious "Andre"</span></pre></pre></blockquote><p><span class="font" style="font-family:Tomson Talks;">And they're looking for CVs from
volunteers for positions of Support, Marketing Exec, Partnership
Development Manager, and Director. Feels a little backwards -
sending a CV to volunteer for an entirely unknown entity.</span></p><p><span class="font" style="font-family:Tomson Talks;"></span><br></p><blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:agNZRbqNIdo3v9N5@foursquare.net"><pre class="qt-moz-quote-pre"><pre class="qt-moz-quote-pre"><span class="font" style="font-family:Tomson Talks;">My paranoid side expects more openness before I'd lend my name to
their org and nebulous goals. Let them actually do something before
we give them the power of numbers.</span></pre></pre></blockquote><p><span class="font" style="font-family:Tomson Talks;">I'm curious if Andre has joined any LUG
mailing lists? I haven't seen any introductions on any.</span></p><p><span class="font" style="font-family:Tomson Talks;">Seems a good first step, then, maybe
attend some virtual meetings.</span></p><p><span class="font" style="font-family:Tomson Talks;"></span><br></p><blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:agNZRbqNIdo3v9N5@foursquare.net"><pre class="qt-moz-quote-pre"><pre class="qt-moz-quote-pre"><span class="font" style="font-family:Tomson Talks;">They claim "one voice" is a good
thing, and I disagree.
</span></pre></pre></blockquote><p><span class="font" style="font-family:Tomson Talks;">Yeah, there isn't just "one voice" in
Canadian Linux circles. There's not even one Linux voice inside
my head over the course of a week.</span></p><p><span class="font" style="font-family:Tomson Talks;"></span><br></p><p><span class="font" style="font-family:Tomson Talks;">But, more power to 'em, they probably
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