[kwlug-disc] Linux Association Canada membership

[Ron Singh]

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.
Dang, I could have gone to the meetup to check it out, it was on a Saturday.

I will see my schedule for Aug to see if I can get back to Sask in time to
catch that one.

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.
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.

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.

*Ron S.*


On Thu, Jun 25, 2026 at 8:32 AM CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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 https://linuxassociation.ca/
>
> 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.
>
> It's certainly better put together than I expected when we were first
> discussion this topic.
>
> Maybe this discussion is worth revisiting?
>
>
>
> On Tue, 26 May 2026 at 02:15, Jason <jasonpa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> For joining, contributing, and being part of the organization itself,
>> that's where I'd have more questions/concerns about the organization
>> structure.
>> Who owns the non-profit, how to ensure any funds aren't misappropriated,
>> who makes decisions, ensuring transparency, etc.
>> For now it doesn't sound like we need to get into this, so no need to
>> push too hard.
>>
>> I did notice the job postings are gone, but there's a donate button now
>> that goes right to Andre.
>> Going to hope that things get set up properly with the non-profit so
>> everything is above board.
>>
>> Jason
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 8:24 PM Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Likewise, I don't see any harm in someone promoting our group.
>>> Unless something bad comes up in the future.
>>>
>>> So my vote is also yes.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Khalid Baheyeldin
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