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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. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq