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6. Practical suggestions

Finally, I want to make some very practical, even mundane, suggestions for anyone wanting to found, maintain, or grow a LUG.

6.1 LUG support organisations

There are several organisations offering assistance to LUGs.

GLUE:

Groups of Linux Users Everywhere is a user group coordination and support program started by SSC, the same people who publish Linux Journal. The GLUE program offers substantial benefits to your LUG membership, and can be joined free of charge at http://www.ssc.com:8080/glue/free_listing.

Cleveland Linux User's Group:

Own the Internet domain lug.net. They will provide your LUG an Internet domain name at lug.net: your-LUG-name-or-city.lug.net. More information may be found by e-mailing Jeff Garvas.

Red Hat, Inc.'s User Group Program:

Assists LUGs to develop and grow. More information may be found at Red Hat Web site.

6.2 Founding a LUG

6.3 Maintaining and growing a LUG


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