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

[Darren Drapkin]

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?

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.
> 
> 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 ?
> 
> 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.
> 
> One final note - I personally like the Blog as a place to keep record of
> discussions of meetings.
> 
> 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:
> > 
> > 
> > Hi Brian
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > There is nothing to stop anyone from starting a Meetup or similar - other
> > than their willingness to maintain it. Perhaps this would attract members
> > who are not attracted to the current meetings. There have always been
> > people who would get involved in activities other than our regular
> > meetings.
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > 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.
> > > 
> > > 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
> > > general
> > > contact but ‘Youtube’ live video, together with useof text for questions
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> > > presenters.
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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 that
> > > 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
> > > meetup
> > > has been running online since March ...
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> > > IoT North - Leeds (Leeds, United Kingdom)
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> > > Brian


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Yours &c
Darren Drapkin