The softPLUG meetings have attracted a steady trickle of new users so I'm going to continue that. I don't think "marketing" is the best term for this puzzle. It's more of a longevity question. Is PLUG a personal project that lives and dies with its founders, or do we want to take the next step and setup something that can outlive everyone?
My approach to the online meetings came from experience with the Chess community since I have some experience helping out with the Portland Chess Club. I basically emulated what they do for their Wednesday "Casual Night" and it seems to work perfectly. One suggestion I have is to not worry so much about the actual technology or web platform used. pdxchess has been around since 1911 and shows no signs of slowing down. This is especially funny considering the state of the web infrastructure used by all chess organizations in the NW region. Rather than re-invent the wheel, I think we should learn from successful strategies implemented by similar organizations. -Ben On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 10:09 PM Randy Bush <[email protected]> wrote: > i am bimodal. $dayjob is a bottom feeding scum sucking sillicone valley > vendor who has not fired me yet. my research and personal life is quite > different. > > yes, i am on mastodon [email protected]. my twitter accound has been > dormant for ages. i do not use facebook et alia. > > i run my own mail, dns, jitsi, xmpp, ..., usually debian or freebsd. at > least i no longer coordinate portland's fidonet :) > > i do not give a squat about external facing marketing stuff. but i > admit it would be good if new folk could find portland's geek community. > > randy, a surly old curmudgeon, but not as surly as keith :) > >
