<FONT face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size=2>-----kwlug-disc-bounces@kwlug.org wrote: -----<br><div>>To: KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc@kwlug.org><br>>If you want something done, you have to set out to do it yourself.<br>>If the effort is larger than you, you have to take the initiative to<br>>approach people you might think could help individually and ask them<br>>directly. Blanket "Hey, guys, does anybody want to...?" requests on<br>>mailing lists are most often doomed to failure. Do it. Get some<br>>people on board and get it done.<br><br>Being an effective motivator is a good start. If you want a newsletter but don't feel you have the means to write all the content, then find existing content or motivate others to do so. Sometimes just having a person do simple things is all it takes.<br><br>>I think a better question would be "How can KWLUG make it easier for<br>>people to do things that build and promote Linux and Free Software?"<br>>Building some infrastructure might help. I think it's more of a<br>>cultural thing. Make it explicitly acceptable for people to go off<br>>and do their own thing, ask people for help and promote the finished<br>>product. Do that, and we'll start seeing things get done.<br><br>One thing to keep in mind is that we as a group have to be careful about who adopts the name KWLUG. I wouldn't like to see radical or counter-productive activities being associated with KWLUG.<br></div></FONT>