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

Yijun Yuan bbbush.yuan at gmail.com
Thu Aug 27 14:38:38 UTC 2015


Hi-

I was wrong. A meetup group does cost a lot money. Sorry about my previous
post.

On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 6:02 AM, eviljoel <eviljoel at linux.com> wrote:

> Hey,
>
> I forgot to mention something. One problem with Meetup (or at least this
> was a problem) is if you stop paying for it, any member can buy your
> group's name and "steal" your membership.
>
> - eviljoel
>
> On 08/26/2015 11:40 PM, Yijun Yuan wrote:
> > My understanding:
> >
> > Meetup.com is free to setup new groups.
> > It is convenient to show all LUG events on the same calendar.
> > Chicago is a large city, so the attendants are not "local" any more, a
> > smaller group might help.
> > A new group can have clear identity, more specific title and mission
> > statements. Even both Jim and Meg can update current group, they cannot
> > freely do that because it is very much shared by other LUG(s).
> > Possibly charge a fee to members.
> > Mailing list noise is not a huge issue, per se. We all have many other
> > lists and uninteresting topics.
> >
> > A new group will only add a little inconvenience: ask people to sign up.
> > An event should be posted to both groups, adding some administration
> burden.
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 10:35 PM eviljoel <eviljoel at linux.com
> > <mailto:eviljoel at linux.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hey All,
> >
> >     I'm quite certain Meetup.com significantly increases meeting
> attendance.
> >     However, since our meetings are already listed on a Meetup.com site,
> I'm
> >     not sure how much we would benefit from having our own Meetup.com
> page.
> >     Our meetings are already pretty packed. I'm not sure we need more
> >     attendees.
> >
> >     Thanks,
> >     eviljoel
> >
> >     On 08/26/2015 10:06 PM, meg ford wrote:
> >     > We started using meetup because we found that it made it easier for
> >     > people to find out about the meetings and we reached more people.
> >     > Because we recognize that some people choose to use only free
> >     software,
> >     > we also announce all of the meetings on the list and the website.
> >     Before
> >     > we started using meetup we had a hard time finding new people who
> were
> >     > interested in coming to the LUG. We also try to get the word out in
> >     > other ways (for example at Flourish! and Software Freedom Day).
> >     >
> >     > Meg
> >     >
> >     > On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 9:59 PM, Rob Dux <robwdux at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:robwdux at gmail.com>
> >     > <mailto:robwdux at gmail.com <mailto:robwdux at gmail.com>>> wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     +1 for meetup.com <http://meetup.com> <http://meetup.com> and
> >     the utility it provides
> >     >
> >     >     I'm also willing to contribute to offset the cost for a
> >     specific group
> >     >     on meetup (ChicagoLUG)
> >     >
> >     >     Best,
> >     >     Rob
> >     >
> >     >     On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 1:57 PM, sheila miguez
> >     <shekay at pobox.com <mailto:shekay at pobox.com>
> >     >     <mailto:shekay at pobox.com <mailto:shekay at pobox.com>>> wrote:
> >     >     >
> >     >     > On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 1:56 PM, sheila miguez
> >     <shekay at pobox.com <mailto:shekay at pobox.com>
> >     >     <mailto:shekay at pobox.com <mailto:shekay at pobox.com>>> wrote:
> >     >     >>
> >     >     >> population of people, especially people who are familiar
> >     with the
> >     >     concept
> >     >     >> of user groups.
> >     >     >
> >     >     >
> >     >     > NOT familiar with. sorry about that.
> >     >     >
> >     >     >
> >     >     > --
> >     >     > shekay at pobox.com <mailto:shekay at pobox.com>
> >     <mailto:shekay at pobox.com <mailto:shekay at pobox.com>>
> >     >     >
> >     >     > _______________________________________________
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> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >     --
> >     >     Rob Dux
> >     >
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