[HLUG] Website and meeting 23rd

Thu Oct 24 14:29:44 UTC 2013

Hi

Thanks to everyone who turned up to the meeting last night. We had twelve
come along which is pretty healthy for us.

All comments made about the new website so far seem very sensible to me.

Just to recap for anyone interested who couldn't make it.

1) We decided on using WordPress for the updated of the HLUG site. Kevin
has already created a virtual machine to house the site and any other
applications we require. A number of people indicated they would be happy
to created content and/or administer the site - the more the better, so one
individual doesn't get bogged down with it.
If anyone's else is interested in helping please let us know.

2) There was general agreement that we need to make more and better/up to
date content available on the site. It was broadly agreed that we should
investigate using a forum built in to the site so that we can still
communicate via the forum, (with email alerts if required), but keeping the
threads far more accessible than the existing mailing list, and also
creating good content for the site itself.

3) We also decided that as it was excellent on the last 2 occasions that we
will return to the Ponte Vecchio
http://www.pontevecchiohereford.co.uk(Italian Restaurant in Hereford)
for our Christmas meal on a date TBA in
December.

4) Last, but not least, we spoke further about presentations that could be
made to the group using the training room at Hampton Court
http://www.hamptoncourt.org.uk in between Leominster and Hereford, free of
charge. P{eter Oakes has volunteered to bring us a presentation but cant
make it in November, so its a little tight unless we can schedule this for
early in December. We also have another offer for a presentation on
Blender, the immense 3D Modelling, gaming and animation tool - one to look
forward to.

Sorry I didn't get chance to say hello properly to the two new members of
the group .. thanks for coming ..

Cheers

Julian

On 24 Oct 2013 12:36, "Phil Wood" <phil at pwood.net> wrote:

> Paul has a good point - what do want to create and then how are we going to
> do it.
>
> I agree we should try and make it educational. Some of us oldies who used
> to teach are still keen to learn.
>
> I think we need to start as simply as possible and get as many people
> involved as we can.
>
> I see the site as a multi author blog. Anyone who 'joins' gets a login and
> can create posts and comment on them.
>
> Could we use a subdomain of hlug.ork.uk such as demo.hlug.org.uk to point
> to the new site while we get it going? If we start with something very
> plain with a simple template the first posts could be discussions on how we
> go about shaping the site and what we want to have on it. Anyone who is
> interested could be made an administrator, as long as we communicate to
> coordinate who is doing what. I know a fair bit about WordPress but I'm
> sure that some of you know lots more, and quite a few of us would like to
> know more.
>
> As we get content on the site we can decide how to split it into categories
> and create some areas of static content and add things like a calendar etc.
> At some point we will hopefully want to remove the demo. from the domain
> name and invite the rest of the world in.
>
> Phil
>
>
> On 24 October 2013 00:05, Dave Winterton <davidwinterton at snail-mail.net
> >wrote:
>
> > I'm impressed you have my vote
> > David
> >
> > <-----Original Message----->
> > >From: paul [paul at paulnjulia.co.uk]
> > >Sent: 10/23/2013 10:40:44 PM
> > >To: herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > >Subject: Re: [HLUG] Website and meeting 23rd
> > >
> > >Hi Guys,
> > >
> > >Just got back from meeting tonight, and as I am shy and quiet, I
> > thought
> > >I would put a couple of points over, through the medium of the world
> > >wide web.
> > >
> > >I would like to offer my services to the new website goings on. I have
> > a
> > >little experience of life, but buckets of enthusiasm to learn all
> > things
> > >websitey! So long as I have a couple of email address' of a "geek" or
> > >two I'll be fine.
> > >
> > >ps I am offering to help as part of a team, not just to be the voice
> > and
> > >face of the site!! :)
> > >
> > >The other point was I always thought the first question a computer
> > >person asks is
> > >
> > >"Well, what d'yer want it to do?"
> > >
> > >I'm not sure if this question was fully asked or answered, and if it
> > was
> > >I apologise for not hearing it! My personal take on this (and it is
> > >personal), is I would like to attract new people into the group, I
> > would
> > >like a younger readership, and I would like an educational point to the
> > >group. We seem to be very pro pi (as in Raspberry) and this was created
> > >very much for children, so I would like to attract younger parents.
> > >Please don't take this as an election Manifesto, unless you vote for "
> > >None of the above". Just some thinking out loud and an opportunity for
> > >like minded people to come back in support or unlike minded people to
> > >shoot me down in a hail of flames!
> > >
> > >pps. Please allow for my sense of humour when reading this :)
> > >
> > >Cheers
> > >
> > >Paul.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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