I think a SIG is a great start as a gathering place for other
university students. As shown in [2], it looks like a mailing list is
also one of the eventual goals :)
- Tim Zabel
On Wed, 2019-08-28 at 17:26 -0700, John Harris wrote:
On Wednesday, August 28, 2019 9:42:15 AM MST Timothée Floure wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> This is a follow-up email for some "coffee discussions" we had at
> flock a
> few weeks ago. Sorry for the delay!
>
> The Fedora community contains a lot of university students, many of
> us
> packaging tools for their courses and acting as first-level Linux
> support
> for the local student community. The problems we encounter and work
> on are
> not identical but share a common base: it only makes sense to
> collaborate.
>
> We found (over a few flock coffee breaks) 5-6 fedorans interested
> in joining
> such an initiative and are currently creating a SIG as a mean to
> communicate. We haven't decided on anything yet, except that we
> would like
> to work together to make Fedora an accessible platform for student
> and
> courses in an university context. We expect overlapping interests
> and
> collaboration with others SIGs, especially if related to the
> academic world
> such as NeuroFedora or ML.
>
> We are aware of the dormant Education SIG [1] but have yet to
> discuss how to
> position - or integrate - ourselve.
>
> A slightly more detailed description can be found on the related
> wiki page
> [2]. I invite you to add your name to its members section you're
> interested
> to work with us. We will figure out communication and coordination
> mediums
> around next week.
>
> [1]
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Education
> [2]
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/University
>
> Cheers,
You most likely don't need a SIG for that, you could just ask for a
separate
mailing list to be created for you :)
--
John M. Harris, Jr. <johnmh(a)splentity.com>
Splentity
https://splentity.com/
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