[kwlug-disc] Linux Association Canada membership

[Jason Eckert]

They let members write blog posts?
Finally, somewhere to publish my 6,000-word defense of ed as the one true
editor.
Or to promote engagement, I could post something along the lines of
'Wayland was a Mistake' or 'Systemd: A Love Story' and watch the servers
melt.
I'm definitely signing up...

On Mon, 6 Jul 2026 at 16:37, Doug Moen <doug at moens.org> wrote:

> Okay. I decided to take one for the team, and signed up as a (free)
> Community member of LinuxAssociation.ca.
>
> I now have unlocked the following superpowers:
> • I opted in to the member newsletter.
> • I can write and post articles on the member blog. So far, 1 post by
> Frank.
> • I can participate in the forum. So far 5 posts by Andre, 1 reply by
> Jason.
> • “Invitations to public webinars and events”
> • There is a phone app for members that I could install, with push
> notifications.
> • There is an opt-in online membership directory, which I added myself to.
> There are now 10 public members, of whom 7 are staff.
>
> The forum and member blog are generally readable, but you must log in to
> post stuff. And they need my email to send me news & updates. Quite
> reasonable.
>
> You can also get a paid membership, which supports the Association and
> provides voting rights and eligibility for committees and working groups.
> Again, this is reasonable.
>
> The paid tiers are: $10 student, $25 individual, $75 professional, per
> year.
> There are some additional perqs for paid members which I am dubious about.
>
> So far, I find no definition of “Premium member”, or any way to access
> this by providing my “KWLUG membership ID”, whatever that is. Don't worry,
> Paul, I'm not too concerned about this.
>
> Doug.
>
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2026, at 5:07 PM, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
> > At the risk of causing a schism that tears KWLUG apart, I responded to
> > Andre and said KWLUG could be listed as a member. I know that not
> > everybody is on board with this but I am hoping we can all live with
> > the decision.
> >
> > In response, Andre made the following benefits available:
> >
> > - KWLUG members (what is a KWLUG member?) can become Premium members
> >   of the Linux Association of Canada free of charge
> > - KWLUG can become an "official LAC Chapter", whatever that means
> >
> > At this point I don't anticipate us becoming an official chapter. The
> > other offer is open to whomever reads this thread, I guess.
> >
> > - Paul
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 25, 2026 at 07:31:48PM +0000, Doug Moen wrote:
> >> Linux Association of Canada is now a registered non-profit with 3
> people on the board of directors, so it is not a one-man show at this point.
> >>
> >> There's a lot of activity on their web site.
> >>
> >> Their Canadian Open Source Library has a writeup on a tech news site:
> >>
> >>
> https://betakit.com/linux-association-of-canada-launches-national-open-source-library/
> >>
> >> The Linux Association of Canada has launched an open-source library it
> says will support digital sovereignty in Canada. The library was launched
> on June 2, with the intent of bolstering Canadian access to digitally
> sovereign, open-source software. The organization is accepting entries from
> anyone as long as the projects are open source—meaning software that is
> open for any user to access, modify, or distribute for free—and were
> founded or mainly developed in Canada. “With everything that’s happening in
> the world right now … it would be a good thing if we in Canada would regain
> our digital sovereignty back,” Duttmann said. “One step in that direction
> is using software that is created here, that’s out of Canada.”
> >>
> >> So that's interesting. 315 Canadian FOSS projects listed so far:
> >> https://www.linuxassociation.ca/library.php
> >>
> >> Since someone asked if he is Mennonite, I found that Andre moved to
> Canada in 2014, from Germany, and was or maybe still is a truck driver.
> >> https://siemenstransport.com/assets/testimonials.pdf
> >>
> >> Doug.
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jun 25, 2026, at 4:29 PM, Steve Izma wrote:
> >> > On Thu, Jun 25, 2026 at 10:02:12AM -0600, Ron Singh wrote:
> >> >> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Linux Association Canada membership
> >> >>
> >> >> 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.
> >> >
> >> > Good idea. And ask if he's Mennonite. Not a rarity for
> >> > Saskatchewan.
> >> >
> >> >    -- Steve
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Steve Izma
> >> > -
> >> > Home: 35 Locust St., Kitchener, Ontario, Canada  N2H 1W6
> >> > E-mail: sizma at golden.net  home: 519-745-1313 cell: 519-998-2684
> >> >
> >> > ==
> >> > The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best – and
> >> > therefore never scrutinize or question.
> >> >     -- Stephen Jay Gould, *Full House: The Spread of Excellence
> >> >        from Plato to Darwin*, 1996
> >> >
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