<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="LinuxDoc-Tools 0.9.21"> <TITLE>Linux User Group HOWTO</TITLE> <LINK HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-1.html" REL=next> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents <HR> <H1>Linux User Group HOWTO</H1> <H2> <A HREF="mailto:%20rick@linuxmafia.com%20">Rick Moen</A></H2>v1.8.1, 2007-03-16 <HR> <EM>The Linux User Group HOWTO is a guide to founding, maintaining, and growing a GNU/Linux user group, co-authored by Kendall Clark and Rick Moen (now maintained by Rick Moen). </EM> <HR> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc1">1.</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-1.html">Introduction</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A NAME="toc1.1">1.1</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.1">Purpose</A> <LI><A NAME="toc1.2">1.2</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.2">Other sources of information</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc2">2.</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-2.html">What is a GNU/Linux user group?</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A NAME="toc2.1">2.1</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.1">What is GNU/Linux?</A> <LI><A NAME="toc2.2">2.2</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.2">How is GNU/Linux unique?</A> <LI><A NAME="toc2.3">2.3</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.3">What is a user group?</A> <LI><A NAME="toc2.4">2.4</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.4">Summary</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc3">3.</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-3.html">What LUGs exist?</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A NAME="toc3.1">3.1</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.1">LUG lists</A> <LI><A NAME="toc3.2">3.2</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.2">Solidarity versus convenience</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc4">4.</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-4.html">What does a LUG do?</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A NAME="toc4.1">4.1</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.1">GNU/Linux advocacy</A> <LI><A NAME="toc4.2">4.2</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.2">The limits of advocacy</A> <LI><A NAME="toc4.3">4.3</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.3">GNU/Linux education</A> <LI><A NAME="toc4.4">4.4</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.4">GNU/Linux support</A> <LI><A NAME="toc4.5">4.5</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.5">Linux socialising</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc5">5.</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-5.html">LUG activities</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A NAME="toc5.1">5.1</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.1">Meetings</A> <LI><A NAME="toc5.2">5.2</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.2">Online resources</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc6">6.</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-6.html">Practical suggestions</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A NAME="toc6.1">6.1</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.1">LUG support organisations</A> <LI><A NAME="toc6.2">6.2</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.2">Founding a LUG</A> <LI><A NAME="toc6.3">6.3</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.3">Maintaining and growing a LUG</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc7">7.</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-7.html">Legal and political issues</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A NAME="toc7.1">7.1</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-7.html#ss7.1">Organisational legal issues</A> <LI><A NAME="toc7.2">7.2</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-7.html#ss7.2">Other legal issues</A> <LI><A NAME="toc7.3">7.3</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-7.html#ss7.3">Software politics</A> <LI><A NAME="toc7.4">7.4</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-7.html#ss7.4">Elections, democracy, and turnover</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc8">8.</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-8.html">About this document</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A NAME="toc8.1">8.1</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.1">Terms of use</A> <LI><A NAME="toc8.2">8.2</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.2">New versions</A> <LI><A NAME="toc8.3">8.3</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.3">Please contribute to this HOWTO </A> <LI><A NAME="toc8.4">8.4</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.4">Document history</A> <LI><A NAME="toc8.5">8.5</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.5">Acknowledgements</A> </UL> <HR> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents </BODY> </HTML>