<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Well, shucks, I decided to take a peek at their meetup info and noticed that their last one was June 13th at a venue some 12 mins away from my house here in Sask. I've been here since the 12th, but coming back to Wloo at the end of the month. </div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Dang, I could have gone to the meetup to check it out, it was on a Saturday.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">I will see my schedule for Aug to see if I can get back to Sask in time to catch that one.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">In the meantime, I will see if I can do a tele call or a vid call with Andre to get a feel for where he is at.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">There is a tele # listed, though I feel a bit weird doing a cold call like this, but the # is listed, so there is that.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">I really do feel that he has the best of intentions re: connecting Linux communities and growing adoption of GNU/Linux, so doing a vid call or at least a tele call should help alleviate most concerns.</div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><i><font size="4"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"></span></font></i></div><div><i><font size="4"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">Ron S.</span></font></i></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 25, 2026 at 8:32\u202fAM CrankyOldBugger <<a href="mailto:crankyoldbugger@gmail.com">crankyoldbugger@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:"Calibri","Helvetica",sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I saw a post in my Mastodon feed this morning, announcing that the Linux Association of Canada will be opening a Linux Job Board this Friday. So, curious, I found the LAC's website at <a href="https://linuxassociation.ca/" id="m_-7331510055242730758gmail-OWA8ebb1e27-3905-ad82-ec17-6aa1a8845557" target="_blank">https://linuxassociation.ca/</a></div><div style="font-family:"Calibri","Helvetica",sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:"Calibri","Helvetica",sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">It seems to be a reasonably professional website, with a number of things to do, like a distros page, an OSS library, community groups, etc. </div><div style="font-family:"Calibri","Helvetica",sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:"Calibri","Helvetica",sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">It's certainly better put together than I expected when we were first discussion this topic.</div><div style="font-family:"Calibri","Helvetica",sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:"Calibri","Helvetica",sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Maybe this discussion is worth revisiting?</div><div style="font-family:"Calibri","Helvetica",sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 26 May 2026 at 02:15, Jason <<a href="mailto:jasonpa@gmail.com" target="_blank">jasonpa@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I agree that syndicating our events on the site isn't really an issue. I'm fine with that. As long as, if we ask them not to (for example, if there's a governance issue or other concern later on), they will stop.<br><br>For joining, contributing, and being part of the organization itself, that's where I'd have more questions/concerns about the organization structure.</div><div>Who owns the non-profit, how to ensure any funds aren't misappropriated, who makes decisions, ensuring transparency, etc.</div><div>For now it doesn't sound like we need to get into this, so no need to push too hard.</div><div><br></div><div>I did notice the job postings are gone, but there's a donate button now that goes right to Andre. <br>Going to hope that things get set up properly with the non-profit so everything is above board.<br><br>Jason</div><div><br></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 8:24\u202fPM Khalid Baheyeldin <<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com" target="_blank">kb@2bits.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Likewise, I don't see any harm in someone promoting our group.</div><div dir="auto">Unless something bad comes up in the future.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">So my vote is also yes.</div><div><br></div><div>--<br>Khalid Baheyeldin<br></div></div>
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