<html><head></head><body>Sit tight on moderation of meetup for a bit. I may have added you to co-organizer on the wrong meetup. ALE-atlanta-linux-enthusiasts is the former GA400 meetup. That one will stay with name change(s) and new banner. The one I created of ALE central has ALE at the end. That group will go away. I think I added you there as well as terrorpup for a NW group.<br>
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That said, I'll be adding the co-organizers to the <a href="http://ale.org">ale.org</a> site as writers so you can post meetings and related information on the primary, i.e., _real_ ALE site.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On July 15, 2015 8:42:21 AM EDT, Phil Turmel <philip@turmel.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">On 07/15/2015 07:53 AM, DJ-Pfulio wrote:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> Taken off list.<br /></blockquote><br />Heh.<br /><br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> We don't have any plans to change the existing ALE email lists.<br /></blockquote><br />Yes, the main email lists are crucial. I may be a curmudgeon, but the<br />chorus of 1-click "glad to meet you" emails from meetup just annoys the<br />crap outa me.<br /><br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> This is a win-win for ALE and GA-400.<br /></blockquote><br />Absolutely. And a win for linux fans throughout the metro area.<br /><br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-l
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1ex;"> a) I dislike meetup, but it works. ALE membership dropped from over 2K people to<br /> about 500 in the last 2 yrs. Very few people were coming to the physical<br /> meetings. A group like this without physical meetings is dead, dead, dead.<br /></blockquote><br />I have been astonished at how well meetup "gets the word out" for niche<br />groups like ours. Hopefully to convert us from niche to mainstream, but<br />still. The prompt to rsvp to the ale meetings via meetup spurred me to<br />jump into a couple other tech groups, too. Works all different ways.<br /><br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> In summary - I think we need both techniques, by merging the groups and<br /> offering to help other groups start, we are only trying make it easier for more<br /> people to find Linux and get a little help to get started. The more advanced<br /> topics will always be part of
ALE-Central.<br /></blockquote><br />I like this plan.<br /><br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> Also, we are merging 2 meetup groups into 1 - mainly to prevent confusion, but<br /> also because we don't want to pay them 1 penny more than necessary. Also, we<br /> want to incubate other groups in the metro ATL area, so they don't have to pay<br /> meetup 1 penny - every. Wouldn't a single group calendar with all the F/LOSS<br /> activities in metro ATL be nice?<br /></blockquote><br />I will certainly be forming an agenda-less mostly weekly meeting in<br />Fairburn modelled after the GA400 meeting I attended on Sunday. Hosted<br />at my office there to get started, until I can survey the local<br />restaurants for interest. There are multiple spots I think could<br />support 15+ people. I'm thinking every Thursday evening other than the<br />monthly Central meeting. Tentative start o
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August 13th. (I'm swamped<br />through my son's wedding on Aug 8.)<br /><br />I'll play with the meetup coordinator controls soon to schedule it<br />(thanks Jim, JD).<br /><br />Phil<br /><hr /><br />Ale mailing list<br />Ale@ale.org<br /><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br />See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br /><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br /><br /></pre></blockquote></div><br>
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