[wellylug] [Pgug] WellyLUG rekindling

[Hugh Davenport]

On 2013-03-14 21:54, Jethro Carr wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-03-14 at 14:07 +1300, Hugh Davenport wrote:
>> In the meantime, I will stick with my original idea,
>> having a public mailing list, and perhaps some more
>> modern event management system. Facebook was used as
>> a suggestion for that, as was Meetup, or even a public
>> ics file. I'm open to suggestions!
> 
> 
> hi Hugh,
> 
> The mailing list has been the one thing that's survived long term with
> WellyLUG, so definitely keep it around and send meeting notifications 
> to
> it.

Oh of course, I would be happy to host it myself, or can keep with the 
current
hosting. Though I am aware of the "advertising" problems that I 
wouldn't really
call problems ;)

> 
> That being said, Facebook and Twitter are very effective tools to
> promote events to general audiences and Meetup whilst annoying is also 
> a
> great way to find new events - I've been using it heavily here in 
> Sydney
> to find events to attend.

I'm thinking that I will use the following:
- Mailing list
- IRC
- Public ICAL, also distributed via mailing list
- Meetup
- Twitter
- Facebook

If anyone has strong opinions on those, let me know. If it is to do 
with CIA
knowing how drunk you get, I won't care, just don't get drunk (or let 
the world
know you do). If it is to do with randoms thinking you are friends, I 
don't
care, just don't accept them as friends. If it is because you don't 
want to sign
up to service X, I don't care, don't sign up, and use one of the other 
communication
avenues :P

(You may notice that my general answer may just be "I don't care", 
unless there is
something that myself and a billion others have not noticed ;)

> 
> The website currently is very dated, I'd personally suggest just a
> simple static page detailing Wellylug and the different communications
> avenues available and where to find meeting information.

I would also agree with a simple static site, such as with the style of
http://wellington.pm.org :D, can work on something a bit more dynamic 
after we
get up an running for a bit.

> 
> regards,
> jethro
> 
> --
> Jethro Carr
> www.jethrocarr.com