O n Sun, 2012-07-29 at 10:57 +0100, Sean Miller wrote: > Any ideas anybody could offer as to how one could make a LUG viable in > a sparsely populated area like Mid Somerset would be gratefully > received. > > Sean
Hi Sean HLUG - Herefordshire Linux and Open Source Users Group is a small rural LUG we have regular monthly meetings with a core group who attend and then others who come and go whilst some members only participate in the mailing list. For a rural LUG like ours it is tricky - members have to make a significant effort to come to meetings and some travel quite long distances. We have our meetings in Hereford at the minute which is fairly central and the largest urban centre in the county but in the past meetings have been in the north of the county. Our meetings tend to be fairly informal although occasionally we have meetings with guests speakers. Quite a few of our LUG members are Ubuntu users but by no means all - and members are encouraged to bring along different distro's to demo to the group. Our LUG members are very friendly and welcoming and this helps new members when they first join What seems to keep our LUG going are the projects we take on - at the minute we are organising our annual ISFD event and we also have our education project Tuxedu which grew out of the ISFD event. Organising an event however large or small gives the group more cohesion and it can also be fun to do - and if you put on an event you will meet new linux users or even create new users who may want to join your LUG. At each event we put on I meet members who only listen in to our list and don't participate (for a variety or reasons) but pop into the event to say thanks and to encourage us to keep going. Just go for it and see what happens Sarah
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