On 18/12/13 20:01, Alan Pope wrote:
On 18 December 2013 18:54, Chris Dennis <cgden...@btinternet.com> wrote:
Out of curiosity, does HantsLUG have a Facebook page, a event could be
created for it?
No, we have a proper website at hantslug.org.uk!
Not sure if this is meant in jest?
Are you seriously suggesting that we don't need to promote our
meetings outside a website which probably gets near zero new visitors
every month?
Not really a jest -- a serious plea for people to update the website.
Like it or not Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus and others have the
opportunity for us to reach new people.
On the other hand, I wasn't meaning that we shouldn't use any or all of
those other ways of publicising and promoting the LUG. Who wants to
volunteer to run a Facebook page for us?
It may be that you don't
actually want any new people to turn up in which case fair enough. I
just wanted to figure out what the motivation for having meetings and
promoting them on the list and website was if that's the case.
Now you're just being bitter and twisted.
I've added a calendar entry for the February meeting, but you (James, and
any other HantsLUG member) are more than welcome to add posts or pages about
these events, or anything else vaguely related to Linux.
I'm still frustrated that we used to have a wiki which worked fine,
and was then comprehensively broken by successive parties to the point
where nobody edits it at all.
As I recall, the wiki was spoilt by huge amounts of spam and rogue
registrations. When I took over as hostmaster, I tried to fix it (and
appealed for help on this mailing list) but was unable to find a
workable solution. Instead I set up a WordPress site, and transferred
much of the content from the wiki. The WordPress site can be edited by
any member of HantsLUG (defined as members of this mailing list) --
registration is required, but is simple.
And yet nobody ever adds anything. The reasons must be something other
than technical ones.
cheers
Chris
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