linuxcaffe workshop; The Art of Ardour

[Alex Beamish]

On 6/20/07, Scott Elcomb <psema4-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> On 6/19/07, Chris F.A. Johnson <cfaj-uVmiyxGBW52XDw4h08c5KA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> > > Te argument of lack of specific notice is legitimate in the reasons
> why
> > > TLUG doen't attract a lot of newcomers. However, people who have been
> > > here for a while ought to be at least aware of the recurring pattern
> of
> > > meeting dates/places.
> >
> >     It also doesn't help the rest of us. If *TLUG want to attract
> >     people, it should make it as easy as possible.
>
> I'd agree with making it as easy as possible for everyone, new folks
> and veterans alike.
>
> Instead of manually writing each notice and mailing it out to
> TLUG-Announce a few days ahead of time, why not type the meeting
> details into a DB and create a small cron-based mailer?  If data for
> the next event isn't filled in, then it could simply notify the person
> responsible for the notices.


Even better, since I'm now a big fan of Google Reader, is it possible to set
up an RSS feed that makes these announcements? That just gives us more ways
to publicize upcoming events.

I did a search for feeds using 'GTALUG' yesterday, but came up dry.

--
Alex Beamish
Toronto, Ontario
aka talexb
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