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=== Building With Others ===

The website is in virtual space, so you can participate from anywhere. Hopefully we grow awareness and participation locally, making the community bigger and stronger. This website is not meant to exist at the expense of some other groups like GNHLUG or BLU. Actually, if this website proves successful, then it's methods and features should be copied by other groups so they can be stronger in a similar fashion. In fact, the software behind this page is 'mediawiki' which is also used to run the Virtual Encyclopedia project. (wikipedia.org) I also do not want to take away from that effort, but rather add to it. In this regard, the software is brilliant, because it makes it really easy to create 'interwiki' links. So if there is a great article on mediawiki about Debian, there is no need to reproduce that on ~~nbptgnus.org~~. Instead it can be easily linked to from here.

The website is in virtual space, so you can participate from anywhere. Hopefully we grow awareness and participation locally, making the community bigger and stronger. This website is not meant to exist at the expense of some other groups like GNHLUG or BLU. Actually, if this website proves successful, then it's methods and features should be copied by other groups so they can be stronger in a similar fashion. In fact, the software behind this page is 'mediawiki' which is also used to run the Virtual Encyclopedia project. (wikipedia.org) I also do not want to take away from that effort, but rather add to it. In this regard, the software is brilliant, because it makes it really easy to create 'interwiki' links. So if there is a great article on mediawiki about Debian, there is no need to reproduce that on {{SITENAME}}. Instead it can be easily linked to from here.

Neither is this community intended to be exclusionary in any way. If you do not live in Newburyport MA, but you want to read or contribute to this website, then go right ahead.

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=== Online ===

Online there are several resources currently available or planned:

#A '[~~http://www.nbptgnus.org wiki~~]' where we collectively grow the knowledge resources of the community

#A [{{SERVER}} {{SITENAME}}] where we collectively grow the knowledge resources of the community

~~#A [http://www.freephile.com/sitebar bookmark server] where the best Internet sites are categorized, and you can keep track of your personal bookmarks.~~

~~#A mailing list to broadcast messages to the community~~

~~#A project management center to facilitate, organize and execute community projects~~

~~#A CVS (or subversion) server to manage files versions and history~~

~~#A Gallery so that you can share art, and photos. And most importantly... see real pictures of the real people who make up this community~~

~~#A resource to provide your software and scripts to the community without having to create a project on sites like Sourceforge.~~

=== In Real Life ===

#local events (like installfests, outreach, tutoring)

#meetings What meetings? Create one. The Newburyport Public Library ~~is a~~ fantastic ~~facility~~.

#meetings What meetings? Create one. The Newburyport Public Library and Salisbury Public Library are fantastic facilities.

=== Project One ===

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=== The website ===

~~http://www.nbptgnus.org.~~ The website is based on the ~~wiki~~ software that runs wikipedia.org, ~~so it should be robust~~. This ~~softwar~~ is called [[~~http://www.mediawiki.org|mediawiki~~]] I hope that you will join us.

{{SERVER}} The website is based on the same software that runs wikipedia.org, a global top 10 website. This software is called [[MediaWiki]] I hope that you will join us.

Thanks,

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 === Building With Others ===
-The website is in virtual space, so you can participate from anywhere.  Hopefully we grow awareness and participation locally, making the community bigger and stronger.  This website is not meant to exist at the expense of some other groups like GNHLUG or BLU.  Actually, if this website proves successful, then it's methods and features should be copied by other groups so they can be stronger in a similar fashion.  In fact, the software behind this page is 'mediawiki' which is also used to run the Virtual Encyclopedia project.  (wikipedia.org)  I also do not want to take away from that effort, but rather add to it.  In this regard, the software is brilliant, because it makes it really easy to create 'interwiki' links.  So if there is a great article on mediawiki about Debian, there is no need to reproduce that on nbptgnus.org.  Instead it can be easily linked to from here.
+The website is in virtual space, so you can participate from anywhere.  Hopefully we grow awareness and participation locally, making the community bigger and stronger.  This website is not meant to exist at the expense of some other groups like GNHLUG or BLU.  Actually, if this website proves successful, then it's methods and features should be copied by other groups so they can be stronger in a similar fashion.  In fact, the software behind this page is 'mediawiki' which is also used to run the Virtual Encyclopedia project.  (wikipedia.org)  I also do not want to take away from that effort, but rather add to it.  In this regard, the software is brilliant, because it makes it really easy to create 'interwiki' links.  So if there is a great article on mediawiki about Debian, there is no need to reproduce that on {{SITENAME}}.  Instead it can be easily linked to from here.
 Neither is this community intended to be exclusionary in any way.  If you do not live in Newburyport MA, but you want to read or contribute to this website, then go right ahead.
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 === Online ===
 Online there are several resources currently available or planned:
-#A '[http://www.nbptgnus.org wiki]' where we collectively grow the knowledge resources of the community
+#A [{{SERVER}} {{SITENAME}}] where we collectively grow the knowledge resources of the community
-#A [http://www.freephile.com/sitebar bookmark server] where the best Internet sites are categorized, and you can keep track of your personal bookmarks.
-#A mailing list to broadcast messages to the community
-#A project management center to facilitate, organize and execute community projects
-#A CVS (or subversion) server to manage files versions and history
-#A Gallery so that you can share art, and photos. And most importantly... see real pictures of the real people who make up this community
-#A resource to provide your software and scripts to the community without having to create a project on sites like Sourceforge.
 === In Real Life ===
 #local events (like installfests, outreach, tutoring)
-#meetings  What meetings?  Create one.  The Newburyport Public Library is a fantastic facility.
+#meetings  What meetings?  Create one.  The Newburyport Public Library and Salisbury Public Library are fantastic facilities.
 === Project One ===
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 === The website ===
-http://www.nbptgnus.org.  The website is based on the wiki software that runs wikipedia.org, so it should be robust.  This softwar is called [[http://www.mediawiki.org|mediawiki]] I hope that you will join us.
+{{SERVER}}  The website is based on the same software that runs wikipedia.org, a global top 10 website.  This software is called [[MediaWiki]] I hope that you will join us.
 Thanks,