Oh, that's a good point. Meetup has gotten very popular. Are we okay with popular/populist outlets and tools?
It does seem to go against the grain of the spirit of our movement... Ben On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 3:51 PM, David Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > I am relatively new to the group (also went to ITProForum for the first > time last night) so take my opinion with a grain of salt… > > I had been meaning to come to meetings for quite some time but it's easy > for a time and date to get lost in a flurry of email. If there was a > Facebook event people got invited to, as well as regular reminders on > Google+ and/or Twitter, it might help other people like me actually make it > to a meeting once in a while. > > That said, I think those things should be used primarily to promote the > group rather than making them yet another venue for discussion… at work our > tech group has a mailing list, a blog, a wiki and probably something else I > am forgetting. There is no clear purpose for one or the other, so > communication is pretty fragmented and people use one or the other depending > on personal preference. I would not want to see that happen here. > > To sum it up: I like the idea if it stays focused and doesn't pull activity > away from this list. > > Thanks for listening! > David > > On Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Ben Barrett wrote: > > I wish to ask the group: (as in, whomever cares to read, consider, and > respond) > > Do we as a group want to use social networks to further the group itself? > > > It seems to me that we're free to carry on and be unique as members, of > course, > but that we might want to agree as a group about some of this. > There doesn't seem to be much interest in growing the group, lately; > maybe this is because the ITProForum is filling the hungry niche, > or everyone's busy working and linux is no longer just for the zealous. > > Curious, > > Ben > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > >
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