<html><head></head><body>Meetup is a commercial entity. While I don't yet put them in the same category of yuck with facebook, the data collection they can do is horrendous.<br>
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However, the number of people willing to attend a meeting has climbed since basically using <a href="http://meetup.com">meetup.com</a> as an advertising platform. So it's doing what is needed. <br>
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But, yeah. Things are changing. ALE is on life support from a formal, monthly meeting standpoint. The mailing list is rather quiet lately. <br>
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Oh. I'm officially the ALE 'Grand Poobah'. JD put it on a meetup page and it stuck :-). Visions of Fred and Barney going to a water buffalo lodge meeting come to mind.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On July 15, 2015 12:26:52 AM EDT, Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com> 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">I'm not from Atlanta, so I don't have standing in this. I'll just give<br />my opinion, and then step aside.<br /><br />From my viewpoint, Meetup.Com has insinuated itself into community<br />activities very much better handled by communities themselves. You join<br />to find Python meetups and Linux meetups, and the next thing you know<br />you're getting emails about yoga meetups and venture capitalist<br />meetups. Read the indemnification in the terms of service: If the wrong<br />person takes offense to what you say or are alleged to have said, they<br />sue Meetup, and you're on the hook for everything. It doesn't happen<br />often, but you could lose your house that way. The only benefit I can<br />see from Meetup.Com is it's a way one guy, who knows little about<br />publicity or group governance, can start a group (which usually peters<br />out). ALE is not in that category.<br /><br />ALE has a vibrant mailing list already. ALE produced Atlanta L
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/>Showcase from, I believe, 1996-2000. I went to the 2000 one, and it was<br />fantastic. I can't imagine anything Meetup.Com could do for ALE that a<br />little talking it up by all the members and maybe a little publicity in<br />the local newspapers couldn't do twice as well. ALE's famous throughout<br />the country. What Meetup.Com can do for you is beyond me.<br /><br />But like I said, I live in Orlando, so I really don't have a dog in<br />this fight, so I'll step aside.<br /><br /><br />SteveT<br /><br />Steve Litt <br />July 2015 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century<br /><a href="http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21">http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21</a><br /><br /><br />On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:38:01 -0400<br />Jim Kinney <jim.kinney@gmail.com> wrote:<br /><br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hey Chuck!<br /> wanna sign up on the <a
href="http://meetup.com">meetup.com</a> ALE sight and become an official Co<br /> -Organizer? Since you are the defacto head penguin for ALE-NW...<br /> Look for Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts ALE on <a href="http://meetup.com">meetup.com</a>. You may to widen<br /> the distance in your search.<br /> Anyone else want to start a local meetup off the ALE name let me know<br /> when you sign into <a href="http://Meetup.com">Meetup.com</a> and I'll add you to the co-organizers<br /> list. That will allow you to post meeting notices. <br /> Note: Let's discuss more of this on Thursday as part of the<br /> ALE-Central meeting.<br /> On Sat, 2015-07-04 at 13:02 -0400, Chuck Payne wrote:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #ad7fa8; padding-left: 1ex;"> +1 I am in Dacula<br /> On Jul 3, 2015 10:07 AM, "DJ-Pfulio" <djpfulio@jdpfu.com> wrote:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px
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#8ae234; padding-left: 1ex;"> One of the big things this will help is being able to support a<br /> local, monthly,<br /> hands-on meeting in different parts of the metro Atlanta. I know<br /> about 5 people<br /> in Lawrenceville ... that sounds like a core group for a sub<br /> -meetup. Just need 1<br /> person to step up.<br /> <br /> I've heard there is another small group in Newnan. Just need a<br /> small core group<br /> there - I bet it already exists. Make these small groups whatever<br /> you like -<br /> linux related of course.<br /> <br /> If this interests you at all, come out to a Sunday meeting at<br /> Harry's Pizza<br /> (near I-285 and Powers Ferry) to see how easy this stuff is.<br /> Basically, it<br /> becomes just showing up and helping other Linux people.<br /> <br /> We'll put you on the calendar, announce the meeting (an let meetup<br /> pull<br /> like-minded people in your area), and provide some guidance.<br /> <br /> <br /> On 07/03/2015 09:51 A
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Wurttemberg wrote:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"> Sounds like a great idea. The more the merrier.<br /><br /><br /><br /> /Raj<br /><br /><br /><br /> From: ale-bounces@ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org] On Behalf<br /></blockquote> Of Jim<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"> Kinney Sent: Friday, July 03, 2015 9:41 AM To: Atlanta Linux<br /></blockquote> Enthusiasts -<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"> Yes! We run Linux! Subject: [ale] group merger ALE + GA400-Linux<br /><br /><br /><br /> Hi all!<br /><br /><br /><br /> The addition of Meetup has brought more people to the ALE<br /></blockquote> meetings. There is<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #
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padding-left: 1ex;"> a proposal floating around to merge the ALE and GA400-Linux<br /></blockquote> meetup groups<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"> under the ALE name.<br /><br /><br /><br /> Short story: the founder of the GA400-Linux group passed away<br /> and<br /></blockquote> JD is one<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"> of the co-organizers.<br /><br /><br /><br /> Those folks meet weekly all around the the top end perimeter and<br /></blockquote> Smyrna area<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"> for a "how do I..." session geared towards new Linux users.<br /><br /><br /><br /> The idea JD and I are kicking is to link ALE up as a central<br /></blockquote> group with<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"> multiple sub-groups (sysadmin, desktops, language specifics<br /></blockquote> connections,<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"> etc).<br /><br /><br /><br /> Ideas? Feedback?<br /><br /><br /><br /> The GA400 group has 600+ members. ALE meetup is up to about 60.<br /></blockquote> ALE mailing<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"> list has 462 (as of now - down from our high end of 1600+ about<br /> 8<br /></blockquote> years<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"> ago).<br /><br /><br /><br /> NOTE: meetup is not free. I put up the start up money ($80? Will<br /></blockquote> have to<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0p
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1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"> check for details.) The larger the group, the more the annual<br /></blockquote> cost for meetup<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"> services. They have a donation widget I intend to use to help<br /></blockquote> defray the cost<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"> for future years. Any extra we can blow on a party.<br /></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><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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