[Lincs] Lincoln LUG: launch of new LUG

[Chris Hayes]

Is there no chance of combining the forum with the  mailing list? That
strikes me as a much nicer approach.

I totally agree that mailing lists are not very friendly for many
people, so I'd really like to impliment something like this for Newark
LUG.

Kind regards,
Chris Hayes

On 8/25/11, chris at majicsoft.co.uk <chris at majicsoft.co.uk> wrote:
> Quoting Philip Newborough <corenominal at corenominal.org>:
>
>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 3:55 PM,  <chris at majicsoft.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Quoting Philip Newborough <corenominal at corenominal.org>:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 12:42 PM, chris at majicsoft.co.uk
>>>> <chris at majicsoft.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I am saddened to hear a new member come along with good intentions of
>>>>> re-invigorating the LUG, then turn about face and setup a localized
>>>>> lug,
>>>>> something that's been discussed in the past, and universally agreed
>>>>> that
>>>>> it
>>>>> would do more harm than god to the lug at large.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please quantify this statement. Can you point in the direction of any
>>>> logs and or mailing list discussions where this was "universally
>>>> agreed". Personally, I cannot remember ever agreeing to this.
>>>>
>>>>  -- Philip
>>>
>>> http://www.ricey.co.uk/llugforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6
>>>
>>> I'm sure if there's an archive of the mailing list discussions, Mr Baker
>>> could point you in their direction. I'll have a look in my llug emails
>>> when
>>> I get home and can look in my archive, but I suspect all the emails I
>>> have
>>> from more than three years ago will have been wiped.
>>>
>>> So far this has come up for discussion, and as the forum was set up as a
>>> more familiar method of discussion, I see no reason for it to be ignored.
>>> Have you or Becky signed up to share your opinions there yet?
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>
>> Thank you. Unfortunately, I could not read the discussion as "The
>> board requires you to be registered and logged in to view this forum."
>>
>> Anyhow, my point being, it would be wise to quantify strong statements
>> such as "universally agreed" before making them. For your information,
>> if you would like to view the mailing archives and check for yourself
>> if there really was a universal agreement, you can do so here [1].
>> Personally, I think it would be a waste of your time and you will not
>> find any such universal agreement.
>>
>> Also, I am happy to contribute to mailing list discussions, but I am
>> not keen on web forums. The one constant throughout the Lincs LUG
>> timeline has been the mailing list, web forums have come and gone, but
>> the mailing list has remained in place (with archives, as pointed out
>> above). Personally, I think it is sad that the original revival
>> conversation [2] was derailed so quickly in favour of taking it off
>> list. :(
>>
>> Anyhow, forgetting all the above, I think it is great that a new
>> Lincoln LUG is being set-up. I am looking at it as a complimentary LUG
>> to the existing Lincs LUG and I am looking forward to the first
>> meeting. I hope to see you there. :)
>>
>>  -- Philip
>>
>> [1]: http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/lincs/
>> [2]: http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/lincs/2011-August/001210.html
>
> Is there a reason why you didn't sign up to view the thread?
>
> There were several participants, and from the recountings of Mr Baker,
> it has come up for discussion on IRC (no idea about logs) and
> Discussion face to face (You can guess about the logs) So maybe my
> choice of words were poor, but given the (minimal) consensus from the
> brief discussion on the forum, running sub-groups in parallel with the
> main LUG does seem to be a bad idea.
>
> Perhaps you could cast this idea out to the rest of the LUG and see
> how they respond to it?
>
> Maybe things raced away once the forum was setup - it's a shame you
> didn't take the time to join in. Personally I've found them to be a
> very friendly way of interacting with the Web community at large.
>
> Perhaps we should have brought some of that discussion to the mailing
> list - it is something we're actively looking to do, getting a digest
> of the forum activity posted to the list once a week. As the forum has
> been "rebooted", bringing it into the 21st century, there's some
> teething troubles, and the digest isn't there yet.
>
> I think the Combined Lincs/Lincoln LUG get together could be a
> wonderful thing - where and when would it be?
>
> Chris
>
>
>
>
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