I am not sure where is the disappointing stuff in this thread. You are free to start a usergroup and work under an umbrella which adds more to the diversity of the movement, and I suppose it should, in your case, given you plenty of valuable contributions. However, calling helpful and friendly suggestions of others on certain errors that you made as "something unconstructive" is just being dishonest. Most of the comments on this thread are telling you constructively to engage with the larger community, for instance, with regards to the name of the usergroup. I run a thematic usergroup and I had to go through months of AffCom review: this thing overlaps this thing and so on, even though I had not used any such name or overlapped seriously with any specific community. However, the wider community groups in India where consulted by AffCom before they approved my usergroup application.
The reason of me telling this to you is that most of the people commenting here are sharing their experiences and telling you what should be the correct step. You should invite all the communities that are in the region with which the name overlaps and have their comments heard, and if that doesn't reach any conclusion, you can opt for a different name that could perhaps serve your ideas and goals better.
I hope this makes some sense.
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The reason of me telling this to you is that most of the people commenting here are sharing their experiences and telling you what should be the correct step. You should invite all the communities that are in the region with which the name overlaps and have their comments heard, and if that doesn't reach any conclusion, you can opt for a different name that could perhaps serve your ideas and goals better.
I hope this makes some sense.
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