[freegeek-startup] startup or intergalactic

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From: "That Man Behind the Curtain" <richard at freegeek.org>
To: "Making new Free Geeks outside of PDX" <startup at lists.freegeek.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: [freegeek-startup] startup or intergalactic


> vagrant at freegeek.org wrote:
>>> * "intergalactic" would be for actual approved official-dishal
>>> freegeeks, as in certified and bona fide. This list doesn't exist yet,
>>> but would be open to members of official free geeks to discuss ongoing
>>> bidness. For instance, we could talk about common software development
>>> or an intergalactic congress on this list.
>>
>> i don't like the idea of closing intergalatic to official freegeeks
>> only, as a lot of the information would be useful to non-official
>> freegeek-like organizations as well, especially new startups in
>> progress.
>
> As long as the purpose of the list (to coordinate between the various
> free geeks) is clear, there's no real problem in having it open to others.
>
> The franchise list needs to be open to official free geeks only however,
> since that is where we hash out the merits of applications and
> participants should feel free to raise all sorts of potentially touchy
> concerns and whatnot.
>
>
> Kent Tenney wrote:
>> I must admit, the name "intergalactic" doesn't mean much to me,
>> it sounds like a reference to an inside joke that I'm not privy to.
>
> The reason we're using the word intergalactic is because the umbrella
> organization we're talking about has been being referred to as "Free
> Geek Intergalactic". That is, we would just be naming the list after the
> organization.
>
> (It's worth noting that Free Geek Intergalactic has no standing yet as a
> legal entity.)
>
> I'm leaning towards a separate list for ongoing business of Free Geek
> Intergalactic (separate from the current startup list). The startup list
> will get filled with FAQ like stuff, will swell to large numbers of
> subscribers that show an interest for a little while and then disappear.
> (There are currently 125 subscribers at this point, though only a dozen
> or so folks have posted more than a single message since the beginning
> of the year.)
>
> -- 
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