[Lincs] Lincoln LUG: launch of new LUG

[chris at majicsoft.co.uk]

Quoting Rebecca Newborough <bobobex at bobobex.org>:

> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 12:23 PM,  <chris at majicsoft.co.uk> wrote:
>> I'm disappointed to hear this. After all the discussion regarding a Lincs
>> LUG revival, and from the various responses to it, you feel that you have to
>> go and start up a brand new Lincoln LUG. Am I reading this right and that
>> you will now be abandoning the Lincs LUG?
>>
>> There's been some very good discussion going on on the (revived) lincs lug
>> forum.
>>
>> If you haven't already, come along to www.ricey.org.uk/llugforum and get
>> signed up
>>
>> Chris
>
> Hi Chris
>
> I am sorry that you are disappointed in my action to start a Lincoln
> LUG but then I cannot please all of the people, all of the time.  When
> I sent my original mail to the Lincs LUG mailing list, I do remember
> seeing your input regarding a preference for forums over mailing lists
> but from the 14 or so other members who replied, the majority
> indicated that a smaller LUG group was needed with real, regular face
> to face meetings.  I am in no way recommending that Lincs LUG
> disbands, and I have no plans to "abandon" Lincs LUG as a member, as
> you so politely put it above.  I have opened up the invitation to ALL
> existing Lincs LUG members to join Lincoln LUG.
>
> Personally, I find forums are too restrictive as only a few people
> from the mailing list will ever register to participate on them, and
> then an even fewer number of those registered members actually bother
> to post anything.    Forum owners/moderators also sometimes make posts
> "disappear" - mailing lists don't do that.  Conversations and
> communications are better kept to a mailing list - that way everybody
> gets to see them and has an opportunity to contribute, and they act as
> a log for transparency.
>
> If it helps, please try to think of the Lincoln LUG as being
> complimentary to the existing Lincs LUG, rather than seeing it as a
> rival.  I see that you have signed up for the Lincoln LUG mailing
> list; it's great to have you on board and I hope to meet you in person
> soon.
>
> Regards
>
> Becky

Hi Becky,

Of the people that responded, how many where in the Lincoln area? I  
count 12 responses and only 5 of them in Lincoln. It's too easy to  
jump in and say positive things and get positive responses back, and  
then infer something that wasn't so explicitly said.

Why did you make a play to take over the LUG?

I've been mostly silent on this list in the past, partly due to buying  
a house, involvement in several other clubs, and not having the  
resources to invest in it (resources that are becoming available more  
and more recently). I'm all for making a go of a County-wide Linux  
User Group. After all, that's what was started, that's what we wanted  
to join (I assume) or we wouldn't all be here. As a long time lurker  
in the LincsLUG mailing list, if there's some upcoming activities in  
the LUG, I'll do what I can, to make the LUG work.

If there's a Local LUG starting up on tha back of a county wide one,  
and it happens to be in my back yard, I'd also like to know about the  
technical side of things that are discussed there (after all, despite  
everything else, I am still a geek!) hell, I might even make some  
friends there, so of course I signed up to the mailing list. At no  
point does that indicate any tacit support of the new and upcoming  
Lincoln LUG. If it helps, please try to think of my presence on the  
list as that of a curious observer.

While Forums may have their limitations, so do mailing lists. They're  
not so user friendly, forums present their infomation in a more  
organised manner. Are you not a member of any forums?

Chris