Re: What do we need for new PUGs?

Good morning! I agree that the mailing lists, while originally useful, have
now been supplanted by Meetup (etc.); certainly, the Atlanta PUG has been
shifted over (and mailing list can be archived and deleted at this point)
to a Meetup that Moshe Jacobson's now running. (Related: It looks like the
link to pg_atl on http://www.postgresql.org/community/user-groups/ is
incorrect.)

---Michael Brewer
mbrewer(at)gmail(dot)com

On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 5:45 PM, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:

> Folks,
>
> First, excuse the cross-posting; the reason for it will be come clear.
>
> It has been the custom of the PostgreSQL project to give mailing lists
> to new PostgreSQL User Groups (PUGs) for them to use to coordinate
> meetings. Lately, though, it's become apparent that those lists are not
> being used[1], and the sysadmin team is justifiably reluctant to create
> lists which are dead-on-arrival.
>
> So the question becomes: if what new PUGs need for infrastructure is not
> new mailing lists, then what do they need?
>
> Infrastructure we could possibly supply would include:
>
> * Meetup.com accounts
> * Google Apps/Calendar accounts
> * Blog + RSS
> * Mailing lists anyway
> * Something else
>
> If you currently run a PUG, used to run a PUG, or are thinking of
> starting a PUG, please explain what online infrastructure would *really*
> help you get the PUG started or run your existing PUG, and why. And
> then we'll look at ways to supply that.
>
> I'm especially looking for some feedback here from our *international*
> audience; what works in the USA will be different from what works
> elsewhere.
>
> [1] http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/54F4CB31.6060505@kaltenbrunner.cc
>
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