[Wylug-discuss] WYLUG meeting and group development

[Gary Stainburn]

In addition to the WYLIG-announce and WYLUG-discuss  mailing lists, there is 
also the WYLUG-help. Although I don't attend the meetings any longer I have 
still used the help list on a number of occasions.

This used to be a strong part of WYLUG as some of it's members were very 
knowledgeable, and I got the feeling that because most of us had met face to 
face, would put more effort in to helping if they could than a normal 
non-geographic help list.

It also meant that if something couldn't be fixed via emails, you could always 
bob a laptop down to the meeting :-)

For those that aren't on WYLUG-Help, it's on the same mailing list server as 
the other two.

Gary
On Monday 29 June 2015 19:00:08 John Robert Hudson wrote:
> Hi all
>
> WYLUG has been in existence since the 1990s and has always had an Announce
> and a Discuss forum. I assume that someone is still moderating these lists.
>
> It met fairly regularly until 2011 after which meetings largely became
> social meetings with occasional bursts of activity on the lists.
>
> One reason why BradLUG was formed was because WYLUG was perceived to be too
> 'technical’ for the increasing number of users coming to Linux after the
> rise of Ubuntu.
>
> Personally I enjoyed the 'technical' presentations but wasn't interested in
> travelling all the way to Leeds just to socialise on the off-chance that
> something interesting turned up.
>
> Though I will not travel to north Leeds for a meeting unless a particular
> subject comes up in which I am interested, I welcome the attempts to revive
> WYLUG but I think those attending the meetings need to tailor the group to
> their needs rather than try a predefined formula.
>
> BradLUG has evolved a lot since its formation.
>
> John
> --
>
> On Monday 29 Jun 2015 16:52:06 Graham Whaley wrote:
> > On 29 June 2015 at 16:38, Darren Menachem Drapkin
> >
> > <darren.drapkin at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > > We may already have one does anyone know ?
> >
> > A search on LinkedIn doesn't show one up - it does show up three
> > individuals in the area though who must mention wylug somewhere on
> > their profile/history ;-)
> >
> > Graham
> >
> > > On Monday 29 Jun 2015 16:33:31 Lee Evans wrote:
> > >> Have you considered a Linked In Group, where you may be able to
> > >
> > > better
> > >
> > >> engage with IT professionals in the region who are working on Linux
> > >
> > > but may
> > >
> > >> not be aware of WyLUG, or any other LUG for that matter.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks
> > >> Lee
> >
> > [snip]
> >
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Gary Stainburn
Group I.T. Manager
Ringways Garages
http://www.ringways.co.uk