Ben, Great thoughts.
Michael, I am open to contributing to PLUG's LinkedIn page. What is its link? You answered one question I had in the other thread. You are interested in alternate hosting from that VMWare-based outfit. For the static website itself (no meeting recording archive), how about https://tinykvm.com ? You get 7GB storage, 384MB RAM, and a big selection of install ISOs for $15/year. You can find similar deals at https://lowendbox.com and https://lowenstock.com/deals Just avoid the OpenVZ stuff and go for KVM if you want full control of the instance. https://meet.jit.si/PDXLinux works great for the livestream. One self-hosting idea is to post the recordings to a PLUG instance of https://joinpeertube.org Linux and Open Source podcast communities are excited about the idea of i person meetups. Once we get official date time and place for the February 2nd meeting, I plan to promote it to https://jupiterbroadcasting.com and https://tuxdigital.com in their Rooms at https://matrix.org. People in Jupiter Broadcasting's West Coast Crew room, for example, have said they are willing to drive pretty far to get to an in-person meetup. It's a great opportunity to grow and sustain PLUG. Thanks, Kevin Kevin On Sat, Jan 21, 2023, at 9:01 AM, Ben Koenig wrote: > 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 :) > > > > >
