[Bradford] Stinky room, on-line meetings and publicity

[John Robert Hudson]

Dear Brian

Of course, people can join an existing server but one of the points being made 
was that social media is where new users are. Joining random Mastodon servers 
is not going to raise BradLUG’s profile among new users. For that we need our 
own Mastodon server with which they can interact. 

John

On Friday, 30 June 2023 20:54:13 BST bradlug--- via Bradford wrote:
> Myself, David & Bernie are already on a federated server, mine for example,
> is Fosstodon. Why not just join one of the existing servers? Running a
> federated server of your own is demanding.You could take a look at
> Fosstodon, Linux.Pizza or Mastodon for example. Brian
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>    On Thursday, 29 June 2023 at 15:29:24 BST, Darren Drapkin via Bradford
> <bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
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>  As I understand Lemmy, Mastodon, and a few others are part of a network
> called the Fediverse. It includes a kind of network I tried some years ago,
> called disapora.
> Perhaps, we could run a session, in the near future. We install a fediverse
> server of some kind, on suitable hardware. We announce it to the computer
> press before hand?
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> On Friday, 23 June 2023 12:08:54 BST Nick Rhodes via Bradford wrote:
> > One thought I have had is LUGs feel rather isolated in the current
> > internet, nowadays people gravitate to social media platforms for
> > discussions and to get information, they are easy to locate and easy to
> > search. I have a feeling most new-ish Linux users don't even know what a
> > mailing list is (alone IRC or newsgroups) and think blogs and forums are
> > for old people.
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> > If there is an aim to attract more members, then we need to think about
> > investigating utilising more modern platforms to host discussions, discord
> > has been mentioned, but I think it's worth exploring a presence on Lemmy
> > and Mastodon. These are federated Reddit and Twitter alternatives that
> > embrace open ethos. There are more options to explore, but most are
> > closed-off, is choosing closed platforms a fair trade for better exposure
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> > I've not had much thought about in-person meetings, I am very out of the
> > loop with what the current fashion is, or what the location options are,
> > but my personal situation has improved, so I will be able attend more
> > regularly and in person.
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> > One final note - I personally like the Blog as a place to keep record of
> > discussions of meetings.
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> > Cheers, Nick
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> > > On 22/06/2023 14:11 BST John Robert Hudson via Bradford
> > > <bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
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> > > Hi Brian
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> > > BradLUG has always been an umbrella organisation for people wanting to
> > > share experiences - we have had social events, outings and for many
> > > years
> > > IT Stuff.
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> > > There is nothing to stop anyone from starting a Meetup or similar -
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> > > than their willingness to maintain it. Perhaps this would attract
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> > > who are not attracted to the current meetings. There have always been
> > > people who would get involved in activities other than our regular
> > > meetings.
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> > > On Wednesday, 21 June 2023 21:11:50 BST bradlug--- via Bradford wrote:
> > > > There was some talkat the last meeting about attendance and also
> > > > on-line
> > > > meetings.
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> > > > Here is my view onthis matter. I definitely do not like that meeting
> > > > room in BCB. Youmay have noticed that whenever I have attended, in
> > > > person, that Ihave propped open the door to allow some air in. This
> > > > time the roomstank of sweaty bodies, it had obviously been occupied
> > > > earlier andthe stink had not moved out due to the terrible lack of
> > > > ventilation.
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> > > > If we want to havemore participants then we need to use one of the
> > > > establishedplatforms. 'Meetup' is an obvious one and 'Discord' for
> > > > on-linemeetings. However 'Element' might be a better choice from the
> > > > FOSSviewpoint.
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> > > > I think that themeetings should all be on-line but interspersed with
> > > > social
> > > > meetingsat the pub.
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> > > > As examples: ‘PCPro’ do their podcast live on Discord. ‘Malaga Mobile’
> > > > and‘Barcamp Manchester’ also use Discord. ‘IoT North’ use Meetupfor
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> > > > contact but ‘Youtube’ live video, together with useof text for
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> > > > However, if there isa formal move to go on-line AND to get more
> > > > participants then we allneed to make a special effort to make sure
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> > > > all our AV is workingcorrectly in advance of the meetings.
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> > > > Comments and viewsplease.
> > > > Refs:
> > > > WordPress Leeds Online - Monthly Meetup, Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 5:30 PM |
> > > > Meetup
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> > > > WordPress Leeds Online - Monthly Meetup, Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 5:30 PM |
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> > > > Our monthly meetup for WordPress users, bloggers and developers. The
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> > > > Brian
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> --
> Yours &c
> Darren Drapkin
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