Linux community -was-( OT; wood group and LUGnut )

[Lloyd D Budd]

On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 10:00:33 -0500, David J Patrick
<davidjpatrick-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Promoting LUGs is a challenge. 
Definitely !

>There's NO advertizing budget, and never will be. 
With a paid membership or donations (possible as a result of a LUG
software project) there could be.  VLUG (Victoria , BC , CA) seems
fairly successful @ having a paid membership -- no doubt as a result
of many hours volunteered by a some people .

The group has some good benefits <http://www.vlug.org/vlug/membership.html>


> The general public, and even most of the computer crazed
> public, couldn't give a crap.
Nobody gives a crap about anything unless you speak in language they
understand and to their wants : cost , easy of use , word processing ,
office , email , virus , spam , ...

I have seen the following brochure in a public library in Victoria
<http://www.vlug.org/vlug/act/brochures/brochure.html> , which has
been taken to (or combined into) <http://lbproject.sourceforge.net/> .
Possibly , it would also benefit from versions that are "targeted"


> The venues tend to be obscure and the
> agendas last minute and of narrow focus. 
Obscure ? 


> The general media still thinks
> linux is a kind of stinky cheese from Finland and the 
> computer trade
> rags can't find the story, 'cause, most of the time, there ain't one.
There are plenty of stories !


> Want to promote LUGs ?
> One of us should  contact LUG organizers regularly, adopt a psudonym
> (King P. Enguin, M. Peror, Rock Hopper, Adelie Pen Guin, Jen Too, Little
> Blue ?), and write a monthly column called LUGnut. If you can get it
> published, then after a few months, perhaps healthy competitive spirit
> would arise, between LUGs, and they would put together more newsworthy
> meetings and activities, thus perpetuating the promotion. Till then
> there's not much to say, and nobody much to say it. Folks just gravitate
> to the LUGs 'cause their friends get tired of all the "linux this" and
> "linux that".

Great idea !


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