[SlugBug] Re: Suggestions

Bruno Postle bruno at postle.net
Tue Jul 15 20:47:21 BST 2003


We've had some suggestions off-list about how we should be going
about this - Personally I haven't given it much thought.

> I would like to help ensure that you're doing it 'right' to avoid
> many of the mistakes of Sheflug.
>
> Firstly, I would change the name to avoid stepping on toes (well,
> as far as is possible ;). Slugbug is kind of neat, but doesn't
> expand very well, and I would name the area differently. London
> have two (among many) major lugs, Gllug and Lonix. Please ensure
> that you differentiate yourselves somehow, even if it's just
> calling yourselves LovelyLUG or something. South Yorkshire isn't
> taken, and would fit with the West Yorks and East Yorks scheme
> already in place.
>
> I think it would also be useful for you guys - if you are the
> people who are 'running' the show - to put in place some actual,
> public information about what you are doing. That means:
>
>  i.   Explaining what you are doing
>  ii.  Explaining why you are doing it
>  iii. Being publically responsible for Slugbug
>  iv.  Explaining why your way is better than the current way (extra
>       marks for putting in place some kind of authority structure -
>       benevolent dictatorship hasn't shown itself to work)

Any Comments?

-- 
Bruno


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