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

[John Robert Hudson]

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
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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
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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 to
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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