[conspire] I'm thinking of doing a LUG near Coos Bay, OR

[Elise Scher]

And I would attend digitally, and occasionally in person. I live and work
in Los Altos, CA. But I do go visit relatives next to Boise, Idaho.

All the best,
Elise Scher

On Wed, Nov 13, 2024 at 2:04 AM Ron / BCLUG <admin at bclug.ca> wrote:

> Rev Anon wrote on 2024-11-11 09:46:
>
> > I'm thinking of doing a LUG near Coos Bay, OR, any advice?
>
> There are probably people nearby that use and are *enthusiastic* about
> Linux, so go for it.
>
>
> Some thoughts:
>
> Register a domain and put some info on it about what the LUG is about
> and where it's located (mention Oregon - cast a wide net).
>
> This will help people find you and be a landing page URL that you can
> share to garner interest. This can usually be small and self-hosted:
> WordPress is okay for this, for example.
>
>
> It's *hard* finding people interested.  I'd estimate 50% of LUG members
> are 50 years old or older. Heck, probably 50% retired. How does one
> reach such a demographic? They're not on social media much.
>
> However, local Reddit for r/yourRegion can be notified occasionally,
> maybe Facebook too.
>
> Local educational institutions from HS to post-secondary. Maybe some CS
> classes nearby? High schools probably have computer clubs.
>
>
> Consider a mailing list or other communication channel for your LUG.
> There's a demographic split on whether email or instant messaging is
> best, but everyone has access to email and older folks hate installing
> apps / signing up for proprietary platforms.
>
>
> Consider virtual vs in-person vs hybrid. If in-person, where? Usually
> libraries and community centres have rooms that can be booked.
>
>
>
> Consider the culture you want / want to avoid.  This is a bit
> forward-looking, but each LUG has a different "vibe" to it.
>
> Things I've seen recently:
>
> "Winblows blah blah Winblows blah blah Crapple"
>
> That crap will turn people off, yet in the yearofourlord 2024 actual
> adults still talk like that.
>
>
> There's a certain amount of curmudgeon appeal to LUGs. I call it the
> "oldster hipsters" aka Digital Amish.
>
> Everything post Y2K sucks, is too complicated, is just for bringing in
> Windows users; the pain of configuring WiFi from the CLI is a good
> thing; "Linux is now just a poor implementation of Windows" (yep,
> systemd haters are often nuts).
>
>
> Any new CS grads, young-uns looking to get knowledgeable about Linux
> since it's a great dev environment - they don't want to be subjected to
> religious battles from the early 2000s, they want to know how can they
> better use this platform for developing and deploying their projects.
>
> They want to become more employable in today's job market, not
> re-litigate old battles from the past.
>
>
>
>
> Whew, that was kinda long & ranty.
>
>
> Anyway, I'd say go for it and wish you success!
>
>
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