> > Of the hundreds of members that we have, only a small portion participate > socially (IRC, meetings, after-parties).
Actually, when I first took over years ago, several several people jumped out of the crowd and offered to assist in the categories as I mentioned, but we had problems getting them the access they needed to be able to mange, so that idea died very quickly. I know when Mac took over, several people talked to me and talked to him, interested in assisting. I think difficulty in use and restrictions in who can assist on the website is what limits activity. Do we really need another medium for communication or would it be better to > just make it easier to sign up and post to the mailing list (big form, right > on home page) and chat in the channel (web-based, right on home page)? > As for growing UPHPU, I think we need to look at our whole audience. The extreme beginner who has no clue what IRC or a mailing list is, to the seasoned professional. Posting articles and posting comments will help bring new people to know that we even exist. I think the key here, to rebuilding a thriving community, is to open the infrastructure up more and allow more people to become personally involved. I think the way to do that is to shift over to wp.com and looking at some of the ideas that Jonathan Duncan suggested with Google Apps, or maybe some other service. mj/v _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
