On Mon, 2008-09-15 at 12:22 -0500, Matt Domsch wrote: > I would worry about the long-term implications of such. For my part, > when I was in school, projects I did rarely lived longer than the end > of finals week. As the Infrastructure and Websites teams will attest, > maintaining a useful website takes long-term effort. It does, but if it's something that interests one. > > I'm also unclear what special needs the subset of the Fedora community > which may consitute "Ireland Fedora users" would have, different from > the global Fedora community, which would be worth the investment in > creating such a new site / subgroup. > Could such be accomplished > using existing Fedora infrastructure? Probably, but I don't see too many Irish head(s) jumping forward at the moment. What trying to do is kickstart it, then progress from there. > Would that also meet the needs > of your class assignment? Probably not, is a particular program is specified. > > If the class calls for using Microsoft FrontPage or Macromedia > Dreamweaver, there may be little overlap between the site you're > developing, Agreed, does that mean I should not promote Fedora in case my class sees it. > and the community you would be promoting. It's a PC class and an opportunity for exposure to ppl who in the normal course of events may never hear\know of Fedora. > > I'd also be surprised if your professor required you to register a > domain name. He wouldn't but the fact, I did it would be kudos to me, and as above. > I'd be less surprised if you were expected to create > this "site" within your own webspace on your school's servers. Normally the sites are created on students cdrw\usb-stick. > Such a > local, somewhat temporary (expires when you leave school or the class > ends) "fan site" should not require trademark approval. But if you're > going to put in the effort to sustain this long-term, then a domain > and approval would make sense. > What I want is something more permanent, so when school, it can be continued as a focal point. -- gpg id EB547226 Revoked Forgot Password :( aMSN: Frankly3D http://www.frankly3d.com _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board
