[dvlug] Wondering if these meetings still happen

[Michael Paoli]

Well ...

If you've got two or more folks that want to meet ... :-)
and even if it doesn't include the folks that have been active and
maintain the web site, etc.,
that's a start!  So, ... can start with this list ...
But then there's also matter of how folks find it!
Especially given current state of site and its (purported) list -
at least according to the site.  And ... the Friday evening slot might
not work so good
for the other (thus far) interested person ... but can always start on
this list here,
and go from there.

Also ...  BALUG.org does have some list with fair number of subscribers,
There's the moderated BALUG-Announce list,
and there's also the unmoderated BALUG-Talk list.
So, in addition to this DVLUG list, could discuss/mention - at least a bit,
e.g. on the BALUG-Talk list.
Also, if you come up with a short (like 3 or 4 lines or so worth) mention
that you'd want me to include on a BALUG-Announce post - I generally send
out one of those a month (aim is to keep traffic on that list to max
of 3 posts per month),
I could include a brief mention in one of those posting, and that could, e.g.
provide link to DVLUG list for more information on those
communications - so folks
could join that list and discuss further if interested, etc.

Hopefully at some point the DVLUG site would get caught up to actual happenings
and interest regarding DVLUG ... but, well, ... if not, there might be
ways around
that ... and at least in the meantime, the list here is a useful starting point.

Also, I and Rick (and some others) do maintain (at least in part) meta-lists,
basically lists of LUGs ... so if there's something that ought be
updated there (like noting
that the DVLUG.org site is outdated or meetings have resumed, but the
list info on the
site is wrong/outdated), could potentially not the relevant on the
various metalists
regarding DVLUG - so it's not like all is lost and irrecoverable -
there are ways to
go forward.

Oh, and if it might be of interest, I'll offer up - BALUG does have
wiki.  And I could,
e.g. create a separate namespace for DVLUG there if desired ... then
could set up
whatever folk(s) may be desired to be able to edit stuff there.  So,
that could be
another possibility of at least having a place where information can
be shown and
updated.

On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 6:44 PM Don Smith <don at livinginthefuture.rocks> wrote:
>
> Sorry Rick and Michael, I didn't mean to irritate anyone.
> I do look forward to meeting up with people and thank both of you for your massive efforts both on the cause of linux, as well as this particular issue. I didn't try the IRC, I don't use it that often, especially through the web interface provided on dvlug's website.
> Just hoping to meet up to have discussions about linux.
>
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 6:38 PM Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
>>
>> Quoting Michael Paoli (michael.paoli at berkeley.edu):
>>
>> > As, for list(s) for DVLUG, there's "of course" this one
>> > (longest continuously running), and, in theory, there may be
>> > one other - web site https://www.dvlug.org/ does also refer to
>> > another list ... but to add to the confusion, there was never any official
>> > communication on this list about having shifted over to that (or any other)
>> > list, so ... this one continues to exist and function ... not sure how
>> > functional the other is (I occasionally also send to it, but don't
>> > know if it actually works or reaches anyone).
>>
>> I just checked the Mailman archive, and you're right!  Which is
>> surprising.
>>
>> It's been many years, but I infer that Grant's statements to me that I
>> needed to remove this mailing list because "DVLUG had decided" so must
>> have been in offlist personal e-mail.
>>
>> > Anyway, perhaps Ian (or Grant) or others might respond regarding DVLUG
>> > meetings - I don't recall, but I think at some point they also added virtual,
>> > e.g. switched to virtual during pandemic (perhaps, I forget)?, and then
>> > maybe/probably went hybrid after that?  But I really don't recall in detail,
>> > I've been sort'a out-of-touch with DVLUG meetings for fair while now.
>> > Ah ... web site makes reference to IRC ... yeah, that sounds vaguely
>> > familiar now that I think of it.
>>
>> Yes, allegedly channel #dvlug on the libera.chat (formerly freenode.net)
>> IRC network.  Worth poking into, folks.
>>
>> For those who don't have IRC clients, the DVLUG Web site kindly points
>> out that there's a Web client, here:  https://web.libera.chat/
>> (It's easy to use.  Try it.)
>>
>> I just popped into the channel.  User "grantbow_" was the only existing
>> channel user.  I said "Hi" to Grant, and told him about renewed interest
>> in DVLUG being discussed on the Mailman list.  (There is no immediate
>> reply, but that is common on IRC channels with scant activity.)
>>
>> > Anyway, I'd think there are probably at least some interested folk(s).  I
>> > recall going to meetings there on occasion, and sometimes someone
>> > from pretty fair distance away would come - as it was the closest LUG
>> > meeting to them ... even if for them, "close" was, e.g. North of
>> > Contra Costa county.
>>
>> I remember at least once whne you attended as a featured speaker, in
>> fact.
>>
>> > I think there is(/was?) also SACLUG if I recall correctly? - in Sacramento,
>> > other than those, don't think there's anything further North in California,
>> > but I may not be up to current on that.
>>
>> SacLUG is still active, yes.
>>
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