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Re: [LUG] next paignton meeting and facebook

 

On Sun, 15 May 2011 21:14:11 +0100
Paul Sutton wrote:

> 
> > <snip lots of good points>
> >> If Facebook were the only, or primary place the meeting is
> >> promoted I think it would raise issues, but I hope the primary
> >> places are the mailing list, and the DCGLUG website.
> 
> 
> They are advertised on the lug site,  and on the list,  the result
> was 5 people turning up.  the north devon meeting has less than
> that,  this is out of about 200 + members,

Would have been 6 but by the time things were sorted here and we were
ready to go it was all-but 3pm... and it takes around an hour to get
there (for me).  I'm a bit annoyed about it really as I was looking
forward to making a surprise visit.  Maybe next time.

> Despite me posting to the list, and to the lug site along with the
> events page url I still get asked if there are meetings on.  I find
> this very irritating. but put up with it.
> 
> feel free to donate money to lug funds so we can afford to use other
> methods of advertising lug meets, perhaps pay someone to improve the
> lug site ( i can't do it),   but given the saturday meet had about 5
> people turn up,  then unless more people attend its not worth the
> bother.
> 
> I put stuff on facebook to reach out to people I didn't expect to be
> flamed for doing so, the time it took to post the last e-mail the
> meeting info could have been posted to several forums

I don't think you should be flamed for promoting Linux events and
meetings using a medium that many people use and are familiar with.  To
my mind it is a bit like saying "you shouldn't advertise in XYZ
newspaper because they use non-Free Software to produce their media",
where XYZ newspaper happens to be the biggest supported and most widely
read paper in circulation. Daft.

Grant.

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