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John are you free to meet up anytime this week? Im in newlyn - i could meet you at the pz tennis club. Jay Sent from my iPhone > On 9 Nov 2014, at 12:28, Gordon Henderson <gordon+lug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Sun, 9 Nov 2014, John Veryan wrote: >> >> Hi, new to this, but not new to Linux I have been a full time Linux user for >> nearly 10 years. >> >> Anyway I am trying to set up a Raspberry Pi Users Group for Cornwall, with a view >> to setting up a Jam in Cornwall somewhere. This has come from a need to talk to >> other Pi Fans, but unfortunately I can't get to the meets in Devon. I have setup >> a Facebook group already, if that takes off then I will try and organise a >> regular meet and then with the help of others get a regular Jam going. I am also >> on Twitter. >> >> https://www.facebook.com/groups/cornwallraspberrypi/ > > Incredibile as this may seem, not everyone uses facebook, so it might be a good > idea to set that page to be public. Without a facebook account, I'm unable to see > it. > >> https://twitter.com/CRPUG > > Also, I'm not conviced your retweeting of lol-shite and bolocks is going to > attract people either. Your twitter account is not one I want to follow. Maybe > keep the rubbish to your personal account? ie. Maplin deals, yes, questional > photos of a Waitrose... No. Especially if you're trying to attract young people to > it. > > However is it a good idea but do note that it's already been tried and failed for > whatever reason - although I suspect it wasn't the Pi Jam side itself that > struggled, but the cafe/hackspace/workshop that it was running in - in the middle > of Penzance too. I've no idea what happened to it, but the mailing list has been > quiet for over a year and their website is gone. (http://www.tech-shed.org/) > > Cornwall (& Devon) are geographically big and hard to cover - we did have a good > turnout (relatively speaking) in Torbay yesterday, but it was more like a kids > computer club at one point... > > Gordon > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq