[PLUG] PLUG "Marketing" and hosting input welcome

[Michael Dexter]

Hello again,

A lot has changed since PLUG last met in person back in ...

March of 2020 when we had a home lab show and tell

* Work From Home went from a luxury to the norm, providing a slap in the 
face to disabled people who never doubted that it could be a thing.

* As a result, online literacy improved, for lack of a better term.

* Twitter, which I was using for PLUG announcements went kinda weird.

* The Fediverse rapidly went from a little known club of sorts to a 
compelling alternative.

* The company volunteering the PLUG hosting was bought, aiming to 
eventually move the site to a VMware environment.

* The cloud lost some of its shine with more and more self-hosted 
options emerging


That said, how, beyond maybe a web site from this century, do think PLUG 
should present itself to the world?

I don't envision it self-hosting services yet, especially the mailing 
lists, but I do encourage it to "dog food" open source software whenever 
possible. Are YOU on Mastodon/the Fediverse?

Do one of you want to shepherd a Facebook or LinkedIn presence beyond 
what is there already?

Are people still using Calagator? I see that it's still up and running 
and has events.

What other new and old resources should we consider?

David and I have always been in favor of simple solutions because they 
can be sustained for a decade or two with little maintenance. However... 
just last week I got a recorded meeting of a different topic posted to 
YouTube within hours of recording it. YouTube Studio has come a LONG way 
since I used it last and I should be able to finally get previous 
meeting recordings up. However... the YouTube factor remains: it is 
proprietary and a near-monopoly. Vimeo exists but I fear it would both 
paid and has far lower traffic.

There's my brain dump on these topics, what's yours?

All the best,

Michael Dexter
PLUG Volunteer