[chiglug] "Windy City Linux Users Group" on meetup.com

[Lincoln Bryant]

Hi Steve,

Meeting people face to face and having an online presence on a service like meetup are complementary, IMHO.  

The fact that meetup is basically an ‘activity aggregator’ makes it pretty attractive to a lot of people. Personally, I’ve found out about a lot of events I’d otherwise have not known about via meetup. 

So long as the important stuff gets posted both to the list and to social media du jour, we can happily ignore the latter. 

IMHO, meatspace is overrated :)

—Lincoln

> On Aug 26, 2015, at 12:25 PM, Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 25 Aug 2015 17:15:20 -0500
> Bonnie King <misterbonnie at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Steve,
>> 
>> Can you suggest any meetup alternatives? Please not Facebook.
> 
> Hi Bonnie,
> 
> The alternative is to network enough to find several like-minded people
> about your technology of choice, and form a user group. This is how
> it's been done forever: meetup.com isn't necessary. In fact, I think
> it's a distraction.
> 
> If you're asking about alternatives to meetup.com for getting the word
> out, face to face is best. When I'm at a bookstore, or a fast food
> place, or anywhere, if I see someone reading something technical, I
> start a conversation.
> 
>> 
>> I'm not really sure what your point is about typical
>> meetup quality, but ChicagoLUG is a well-run meeting held in a
>> space dedicated to the event. 
> 
> Wasn't ChicagoLUG a group before you joined meetup.com? If I'm not
> mistaken, it's a user group first, and a meetup entity only in the
> sense of trying to get the word out. From what I read earlier in the
> thread, there's some sort of a meetup.com-only group that's competing
> for mindspace with ChicagoLUG, and doing a poor job of it.
> 
>> The organizers have been using
>> meetup.com for announcements and RSVPs.
> 
> That's fine. The point is, you're not *relying* on meetup.com.
> 
> Emphasize to your members how important it is to talk up your LUG to
> the people they come in contact with. Successful LUGs have a lot of
> volunteerism and spontaeous member actions.
> 
>> I'm willing to contribute to the cost, if we do create a separate
>> meetup for ChicagoLUG.
> 
> Now I'm confused. What's a "meetup"? Don't you have a LUG?
> 
> SteveT
> 
> Steve Litt 
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