[lugm.org] Visibility and awareness of LUGM

[aadil at lavabit.com]

We already have a website, mailing list, IRC (used very very rarely) and a
facebook group (according to Avinash but I am not on facebook so what do I
know).  We do not need another communication channel where it will be
difficult to maintain along with the others.

Besides, did it really worked?  Having no need to register, the forum was
subjected to numerous spamming problems.

Also, there's the newbie issues.  Will you be dedicated in addressing the
same newbie issues over and over again?  Why not redirect them to the
mailing list to keep it alive?  Or why not put an extended FAQ for newbies
on the website?

The problem is that we will end up with too many means to communicate with
nothing else to say.

Cheers,
Aadil.

> The forum had more traffic involving newbies than the mailing list.
> There were more questions asked and answered over there. Do you have
> any reason for not bringing back something that worked?
>
> The things that we do need to be rethinked. LUGS are no longer that
> they used to be.
> Distributions are friendlier to install, hence less and less
> Installfests. Broadband is more available, hence less people look for
> CDs and DVDs to install. One thing I particularly liked is when
> someone asked for help and someone from the LUG who lived close to him
> went there to help.
>
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 6:41 PM,  <aadil at lavabit.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am against bringing back the forum.
>>
>> Yours truly,
>> Aadil.
>>
>>> Hi Guys / Girls,
>>>
>>> Agree with Ajay, forum is always a nice way to communicate with others
>>> even if we are a member to the mailing list / LUGM members or no.
>>>
>>> Web site is for general content regarding the LUGM news, events , and
>>> misc content.
>>>
>>> well bring it up asap :D
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Anoop.
>>> Email : analyserx at gmail.com
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Ajay R Ramjatan
>>> <ajay.ramjatan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> We need our forum back. It does not require people to register to the
>>>> mailing list to ask questions. Forums are awesome.. we had one but
>>>> lost it on the road. I can bring it back up quick.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Jochen Kirstätter <lugm at ios.mu>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Hi,
>>>> >
>>>> > On 18/01/11 16:12, thiery louison wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> What is needed is quality articles, that is more oriented towards
>>>> newbies.
>>>> >> A place where new comers would not be afraid to ask question or or
>>>> expose
>>>> >> there failures. It should be a place where answers to questions
>>>> would
>>>> not be
>>>> >> one-liners(RTFM or Google it).
>>>> >
>>>> > That's why I came up with the idea to aggregate individual bloggers
>>>> for the
>>>> > LUGM website.
>>>> > Take it as a start and see how it will work out.
>>>> >
>>>> > Anyone read "The Bazaar and the Cathedrale"?
>>>> > Literally, LUGM stands for the cathedrale instead of the bazaar!
>>>> >
>>>> >> I personally believe that for a such a site to exist. it should
>>>> organize
>>>> >> events(Quarterly basis, School Holidays) such as install Festival,
>>>> Boot
>>>> >> Camps and many more.
>>>> >
>>>> > Sure, but there are also individual interests of LUGM members to
>>>> earn
>>>> > money... So, there might be a dilemma...
>>>> >
>>>> > --
>>>> > Kind regards.
>>>> >
>>>> > A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion
>>>> > Q. Why is top posting bad?
>>>> >
>>>> > Get Blogged by JoKi - "The only frontiers are in your mind"
>>>> > Â http://jochen.kirstaetter.name/ - http://www.ios.mu/
>>>> >
>>>> >
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>>
>>
>>
>>
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