If you say so. Seems like Linux Australia is generating the impression of being the big boy that runs the place which could explain disgruntled user groups. Dunno what to do about that really, people think what they want to think to a large extent and you show them something and whatever it is you showed them will just click into the category they had ready for it. Because of the belief that encouraging coordination between existing LUGs and encouraging formation of new LUGs will ultimately be of benefit to the Linux community.
Some people see advocacy as another word for advertising but that is very limiting.
I remember there were lots of words in it. I agree, this is probably a widespread problem. I was surprised because I was expecting something that was going to rule over all of the small usergroups but in retrospect the current situation makes a lot more sense because the Linux way is for each person or group to be unique and self contained as much as possible while still working towards a common good.