<div dir="ltr"><div>I know that many people hold strong opinions on Facebook, but it *is* undeniably useful for getting the message out there. I've also used <a href="http://www.meetup.com">www.meetup.com</a> which is designed for this sort of thing and may be less contentious. </div><div><br></div><div>I personally only know about the LUG because I got myself on the mailing list many moons ago. If we want to increase attendance then embracing newer forms of communication seems sensible, if only to repeat announcements from the mailing list.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 11:26 AM, <a href="mailto:david@gbenet.com">david@gbenet.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david@gbenet.com" target="_blank">david@gbenet.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Jason Irwin:<br>
<span>> On 03/11/15 01:45, <a href="mailto:david@gbenet.com">david@gbenet.com</a> wrote:<br>
</span><span>> You'll be loving the new act outlawing encryption in the UK then?<br>
> <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/11970391/Internet-firms-to-be-banned-from-offering-out-of-reach-communications-under-new-laws.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/11970391/Internet-firms-to-be-banned-from-offering-out-of-reach-communications-under-new-laws.html</a><br>
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</span>I shall continue - regardless :) and they took the link down :(<br>
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Why obey bad laws?<br>
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Keep Happy<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
David<br>
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--<br>
“See the sanity of the man! No gods, no angels, no demons, no body. Nothing of the<br>
kind.Stern, sane,every brain-cell perfect and complete even at the moment of death. No<br>
delusion.” <a href="https://linuxcounter.net/user/512854.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://linuxcounter.net/user/512854.html</a> - <a href="http://gbenet.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://gbenet.com</a><br>
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