[Bradford] Report from sunny Spain

[Brian A]

Costa del Sol


On 17 March 2014 12:31, John R. Hudson <j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com> wrote:

> Which Costa?
>
> I would expect more response from the Spanish who have lots of regional
> Linux initiatives.
>
> My parents who worked in India commented that the ex-pats in India were
> always a generation behind what was going on in England - so I wouldn't
> expect most of those in Spain to be up-to-date in this area.
>
> 5 turned up to the first BradLUG meeting - see
> http://www.bradlug.co.uk/about/
>
>
> John
> --
> On Mon, 2014-03-17 at 11:42 +0100, Brian A wrote:
> > It's getting warmer here. The wind has dropped, it is very sunny and
> > the sea is glistening.
> >
> >
> > My efforts to start a LUG here on the Costa:
> > I contacted 4 of the free English language newspapers. So far only
> > only one, "The News", has responded. However, they did push the boat
> > out by printing all the blurb from the web site and crediting me with
> > the article. It is on page 14. I didn't supply the image or the
> > comment with it.
> >
> >
> >
> http://issuu.com/thenews-virtualpaper/docs/the_news_newspaper_-_issue_268
> >
> >
> >
> > I also contacted 3 English language commercial radio stations. One
> > responded very quickly but wanted 100 Euros. What that tells me is
> > that anyone who is wanting to get information about local groups isn't
> > going to get it from the commercial stations as they have no sense of
> > community.
> > I also emailed several organisations and sent texts to some.
> > After all that I have just 3 takers so far for the LUG, that have
> > emailed me, though one can't attend the first meeting. None of the
> > media gave any publicity to the Werewolves group so I am not expecting
> > anyone to turn up there.
> >
> >
> > So, the LUG is on Thursday. I might get more people yet - fingers
> > crossed.
> >
> >
> > How many turned up to the first BradLUG?
> >
> >
> > Brian
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>
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