Hey, I'd like to volunteer for this position! Who do I need to talk to?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 11:36 AM, David Lawyer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dave@lafn.org">dave@lafn.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Years ago I and someone else volunteered to be on the publicity<br>
committee. We were effectively co-chairs. Then the other co-chair<br>
left, leaving only me. But I haven't been very active in the LUG and<br>
haven't taken any initiatives on publicity after we moved to our present<br>
meeting room (I did change some listings of us to reflect that new<br>
location). I used to get yearly notices to renew one of our<br>
listings, but haven't got this for over a year<br>
<br>
So based on my lack of doing any publicity for years, I effectively<br>
resigned, but this is to make it official.<br>
<br>
Things I (and sometimes others) did in the past:<br>
1. Put flyers in a CD-Rom store on S. Lake Ave. They were put next<br>
to Linux CDs so persons buying such a CD might take them. Today such<br>
CD images are distributed on the Internet.<br>
<br>
2. Listed us in the Calendar of the Pasadena Weekly newspaper under<br>
"tech talk". But they eliminated this heading and there was no other<br>
suitable category. Today, they have no categories.<br>
<br>
3. Listed us in the MicroTimes computer give-away newspaper (no longer<br>
published). I guess the free computer newspapers have been replaced<br>
by the Internet.<br>
<br>
4. Listed us in major lists of lugs and computer clubs found on<br>
the Internet. This is the way most people find us today. What<br>
someone needs to do now is to list us in more places on the Internet<br>
and check that our current listings are correct.<br>
<br>
Where I listed us: I clicked on the links to where I listed us in the<br>
past and found about half of them to be either dead or the link went<br>
to a non-lug-list site. I've deleted these but here's a list of where<br>
we are still listed:<br>
<br>
<LI><a href="<a href="http://www.linux.org/groups/usa/california.html" target="_blank">http://www.linux.org/groups/usa/california.html</a>">Linux Online - User Groups</a><br>
(The above shows me as the contact person, but I don't get any<br>
inquiries)<br>
<LI><a href="<a href="http://www.linuxlinks.com/UserGroups/UnitedStates/" target="_blank">http://www.linuxlinks.com/UserGroups/UnitedStates/</a>">Linux Links: UserGroups : UnitedStates</a><br>
<LI><a href="<a href="http://www.lalugs.org/" target="_blank">http://www.lalugs.org/</a>">Los Angeles Linux User Groups</a><br>
<LI><a href="<a href="http://www.at-la.com/@la-comp.htm" target="_blank">http://www.at-la.com/@la-comp.htm</a>">@LA Computers in Southern California: Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County and Ventura County</a><br>
<LI><a href="<a href="http://www.at-la.com/@la-mod.htm" target="_blank">http://www.at-la.com/@la-mod.htm</a>">Submit Additions or Changes to @LA</a><br>
<br>
We were once listed at Yahoo, but this list is old, short and<br>
seemingly unmaintained:<br>
<br>
<LI><a href="<a href="http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Software/Operating_Systems/UNIX/Linux/User_Groups/" target="_blank">http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Software/Operating_Systems/UNIX/Linux/User_Groups/</a>">Yahoo! Linux User Groups</a><br>
<font color="#888888"> David Lawyer<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Joel Witherspoon<br><br>LinkedIn: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/jcwitherspoon">http://www.linkedin.com/in/jcwitherspoon</a><br><br>Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/joel.witherspoon">http://www.facebook.com/joel.witherspoon</a><br>
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