[SGVLUG] I resign as publicity chair

[Joel Witherspoon]

Hey, I'd like to volunteer for this position! Who do I need to talk to?

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 11:36 AM, David Lawyer <dave at lafn.org> wrote:

> Years ago I and someone else volunteered to be on the publicity
> committee.  We were effectively co-chairs.  Then the other co-chair
> left, leaving only me.  But I haven't been very active in the LUG and
> haven't taken any initiatives on publicity after we moved to our present
> meeting room (I did change some listings of us to reflect that new
> location).  I used to get yearly notices to renew one of our
> listings, but haven't got this for over a year
>
> So based on my lack of doing any publicity for years, I effectively
> resigned, but this is to make it official.
>
> Things I (and sometimes others) did in the past:
> 1. Put flyers in a CD-Rom store on S. Lake Ave.  They were put next
> to Linux CDs so persons buying such a CD might take them.  Today such
> CD images are distributed on the Internet.
>
> 2. Listed us in the Calendar of the Pasadena Weekly newspaper under
> "tech talk".  But they eliminated this heading and there was no other
> suitable category.  Today, they have no categories.
>
> 3. Listed us in the MicroTimes computer give-away newspaper (no longer
> published).  I guess the free computer newspapers have been replaced
> by the Internet.
>
> 4. Listed us in major lists of lugs and computer clubs found on
> the Internet.  This is the way most people find us today.  What
> someone needs to do now is to list us in more places on the Internet
> and check that our current listings are correct.
>
> Where I listed us:  I clicked on the links to where I listed us in the
> past and found about half of them to be either dead or the link went
> to a non-lug-list site.  I've deleted these but here's a list of where
> we are still listed:
>
> <LI><a href="http://www.linux.org/groups/usa/california.html">Linux Online
> - User Groups</a>
> (The above shows me as the contact person, but I don't get any
> inquiries)
> <LI><a href="http://www.linuxlinks.com/UserGroups/UnitedStates/">Linux
> Links: UserGroups : UnitedStates</a>
> <LI><a href="http://www.lalugs.org/">Los Angeles Linux User Groups</a>
> <LI><a href="http://www.at-la.com/@la-comp.htm">@LA Computers in Southern
> California: Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County, San
> Bernardino County and Ventura County</a>
> <LI><a href="http://www.at-la.com/@la-mod.htm">Submit Additions or Changes
> to @LA</a>
>
> We were once listed at Yahoo, but this list is old, short and
> seemingly unmaintained:
>
> <LI><a href="
> http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Software/Operating_Systems/UNIX/Linux/User_Groups/">Yahoo!
> Linux User Groups</a>
>                         David Lawyer
>



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