[HLUG] Linux Presentation Day 2016.1 in UK / Herefordshire

[Julian Robbins]

Hello Hauke

Thanks for getting in touch.

We will be putting on an event but it will be quite small as we are only a
small group with limited resources.

But I am interested in your comments and will see what I can do given the
time I have available.

I have contacted the UK contact who did get back to me a while back but we
have not had any further dialogue.

I'll be in touch again later tonight

Julian Robbins
Herefordshire LUGMaster
On 3 Apr 2016 3:15 pm, "Hauke Laging" <
hauke.laging at linux-presentation-day.de> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am the initiator and international main organiser of the Linux
> Presentation
> Day, member of the board of the Berlin Linux user group.
>
> I happened to notice that you are preparing an LPD event as Google found
> your
> Etherpad. I have left a notice there but until now nobody has responded to
> that thus I send this email.
>
> Despite UK being one of the first additional countries to announce
> participation in LPD 2016.1 it is one of the two without a national web
> site
> yet. Up to now my only contact in UK is the Blackpool LUG and this contact
> is
> a bit "difficult".
>
> From a European perspective we need some UK web page to link to. That need
> not
> even be an "official" national web site; it might even be an event page.
>
> I have even prepared this:
>
> http://www.linux-presentation-day.org.uk/
>
> But this has not been linked because on the one hand it would have to be
> proofread and on the other hand someone who is involved in all UK
> activities
> has to take care of that.
>
> Even if you have only one or two locations in UK it makes sense IMHO to
> have a
> press release for the IT media. Most media will ignore that (they even do
> so
> in Germany) but it might be helpful for finding hosting organisations in
> other
> cities, new members and helpers for the organising LUGs (you) and even if
> it
> is ignored it might be useful for later events that the media have heard
> about
> it before. I have made a translation of the German PM.
>
> A tiny one location event in UK is obviously not relevant news for the IT
> media but 120+ cities in 10 countries (expected to be about 300 cities in
> 12
> countries in October) should be:
>
>
> https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zMfnC1Y85pZA.k1M47AOmi4a4&usp=sharing
>
> You ought to consider that this has started with a single German city in
> May
> 2015... Depending on the availability of willing people with enough time UK
> may look similar in the near future.
>
>
> I suggest that
>
> 1) you contact the Blackpool LUG if you haven't done so yet
>
> 2) you set up a (non-public) mailing list for (potential) organisers for
> UK if
> that hasen't been done yet
>
> 3) one of you is added to the European mailing list (until there is a
> reliable, official contact for UK)
>
> 4) you take care of the national UK web site
>
> 5) you consider publishing a press release for the IT media.
>
>
> I have just created new logo files which might be useful for you:
>
> http://www.linux-presentation-day.de/mitmachen/logo/
>
>
> I am available for questions and discussion via email, chat, and phone.
>
>
> CU
>
> Hauke
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