[wellylug] WellyLUG rekindling

[Shaun Minifie]

Goodness me. I only joined the mailing list a week or so ago to see what is
happening in the community. Imagine my surprise that there isn't even
agreement over how to talk.

I also follow a few linux related subs on reddit and it becomes clear very
quickly that a large portion of our community has no real desire to see the
uptake of linux by the greater masses. God forbid that we make it to easy
for people to use or find out about. Reality is that the large majority of
people who use a computer use facebook. Mailing lists are a PITA, IRC?
great for geeks. As a professional who spends his days fixing computers,
installing Ubuntu where appropriate it needs to be about easy.


On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Hugh Davenport <hugh at davenport.net.nz>wrote:

> On 2013-03-14 11:28, Michael Fincham wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:21:57 +1300, Ian Beardslee wrote:
>>
>>> Eww seriously if FB is used as the primary, secondary or even tertiary
>>> communication method you can count me out.
>>>
>>
>> Similarly, if Facebook is involved I am not interested.
>>
>> Mailman mailing lists are ideal for this job, and it looks like you've
>> already got one? :)
>>
>
> I was only suggesting Facebook as another method of communication. I
> myself prefer
> regular meeting times, and a mailing list and/or IRC. That said, there are
> some
> people that have requested a Meetup and/or a Facebook type style of
> events. I myself
> don't like Meetup, as it doesn't organise it that well IMHO, and suggested
> Facebook
> as an alternative to that. Any suggestions for what I can use for a modern
> event based
> system are welcome.
>
> That said, if there is a mailing list, why can't you just ignore the fact
> that there
> is also mention of it on Facebook? You don't need to use Facebook if you
> don't want ;)
> And I would hate for the group not to get started up again just because a
> few people
> don't like the idea of using Facebook (or similar) *as well as* a mailing
> list.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hugh
>
>
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