[PLUG] PLUG "Marketing" and hosting input welcome

[Kevin Williams]

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 <randy at psg.com> 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 enoclue at iox.exchange.  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 :)
> >
> >
>