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Today's Topics:
1. Event Flyers etc (Sebastian)
2. Re: Wix to Wordpress - Basic Info (peternsomerset@virginmedia.com)
3. Groups (Sebastian)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2016 17:26:47 +0100
From: Sebastian <sebsebseb_mageia@gmx.com>
To: <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>, <sebsebseb_mageia@gmx.com>
Subject: [bristol] Event Flyers etc
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Put in the email adress wrong origianlly just now for the LUG.
On Monday, 3 October 2016 17:19:23 BST, Sebastian
<sebsebseb_mageia@gmx.com> wrote:
> H Fellow LUG Members
>
> Over the weekend I had been trying to email event flyers to this mailing
> list, from my lap top, but my first attempt was unsuccessful as was my
> second, and also my attempt at trying to send just the A4 version. Below
> is the message I sent originally. It seems the mailing list doesn't like
> reasonably big attachments. I have tried to get in contact about that as
> well, but haven't had a response.
>
> Our LUG's event is in less than three weeks, and an event, that really
> could do with more marketting, as in a lot. This is a difficult event to
> market, since non techies who its meant to be mostly aimed at, read our
> event description for example, and generally it seems, think it's not for
> them. I have had contact with certain people as well, which
> makes me think
> that as well. So how is an event like the one we are going to have, be
> successfully marketted to enough non technical people? How
> indeed! That's
> a big how.
>
> Anyway please just help us out in ways that you can, to get the word out
> that we are having an event, between 12 noon and 6pm on Saturday October
> 22nd at Cafe Kino, Stokes Croft, Bristol. Plus one that even
> though it is a
> technical etc event, is actually aimed at people who mostly just use
> technology, but don't know that much about it, from the general public.
>
> If you email me, I can send flyers directly to you instead of
> trying to via
> this mailing list. Plus then I'll have an idea as to who
> actually wants to
> help us market this event as well, which is good :). Come on Bristol and
> Bath Linux User Group, (which is all of us on this mailing list, and
> whereever in the world we may currently live,) let's make this event
> successful!
>
> Please also spread the word on Facebook. From
> http://facebook.com/LPDBristolUK can get onto the actual event page, where
> I hope soon more people will put that they are interested in coming or
> that they are going. Currently it seems not that many people know about
> the events Facebook, or that an event will be happening etc. That is why
> I am doing paid marketting as well on Facebook ( or will be
> again once it's
> got a logo image it likes).
>
> We are indeed intending on running this event for the full six hours, even
> if we don't get that many people downstairs to the event space, so please
> do help us get more people down there! Although hopefully I have picked a
> good venue for this kind of event, where will hopefully be able to get
> quite a few people visiting our event, who are visiting the Cafe that day
> anyway.
>
> Thanks in advanced for any event marketting help, or general help with the
> event.
>
> Best Regards
>
> Sebastian
>
>
>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>> Subject: Event Flyers
>> Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 22:56:38 +0100
>> From: Sebastian <sebsebseb_mageia@gmx.com>
>> To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>,
>> Sebastian <sebsebseb_mageia@gmx.com>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello Fellow LUG Members
>>
>> For some reason until recently we didn't have a proper flyer for our
>> LUG's event for Linux Presentation Day (
>> http://linux-presentation-day.org.uk
>> http://int.linux-presentation.day.org ) on Saturday October 22nd between
>> 12 noon and 6pm at Cafe Kino, Stokes Croft, centre of Bristol. I did
>> however give out some basic flyers at two of the groups I go to, with
>> people from different walks of life. but with a common non technical
>> interest.
>>
>> Now that we have a more proper flyer, please help distribute it by
>> emailing it to people that may be interested in the event, but also
>> printing it out and getting it around various places ideally, around
>> Bristol, Bath, and surrounding area's. Getting around as in putting it
>> up in various places where people are likely to come across the flyer.
>> For example universities, schools, colleges, hospitals, etc The flyer is
>> also attached in two versions an A4 and a A5.
>>
>> The event is aimed at the general public, with the ideal aim being about
>> 60 visitors during the whole day whilst the event is going on, but that
>> simply won't happen unless enough event visitors who may be interested
>> in the event turn up on the day, by somehow knowing that an event is
>> going on as well.
>>
>> We have some great idea's for the event, or so it seems. and I believe
>> that with the event itself, we will have something generally good and
>> interesting enough. However marketing is actually the most difficult
>> organising an event area, when it comes to the type of event that we are
>> organising. Can prepare things for the event, but without enough people,
>> and of the not that technical target audience as well, it pretty much
>> all goes to waste. Plus it's a difficult thing to market an event of
>> this type properly to the general public. Most people who use
>> technology, are just average users, (average Joe's and Jane's, the
>> layman and woman,) and not that interested in technology in general as a
>> result. and tend to just use what is given to them (,after usually
>> buying the software or hardware that it runs on,) by the big technology
>> companies. That also means that certain technical jargon won't just be
>> instantly understood by such people that's used in the flyer, (as in
>> specifically Linux and Creative Commons,) but hopefully even so, can get
>> quite a few of those people visiting the event, if only they knew an
>> event was going on some how etc, and they are the prime target audience
>> of the event.
>>
>> Please try and help us get at least about 60 not that technical visitors
>> during the whole day, whilst the event is going on, by helping spread
>> the word that an event is happening on that day, that they may actually
>> be interested in, if they realise it or not, at Cafe Kino on that day
>> and at those times. Please do that even if, you generally aren't that
>> interested in if other people will knowingly use Linux and other open
>> source software or not.
>>
>> We are also doing a Creative Commons aspect to this event, where going
>> to be playing background music, and showing some Creative Commons open
>> movies, and doing something graphics related as well. Might be able to
>> get a Creative Commons UK representative to visit the event as well,
>> like there probably will be for Mozilla.
>>
>> Creative Commons could be used more to advertise the event to non
>> technical people as well, and I am hoping will also work as a way to
>> have them being more interested in the event. After all most of us on
>> this mailing list will know how great Linux and other open source
>> software generally really is, but the average computer, smartphone, and
>> tablet user won't, however such a person usually would like music, and
>> animated moves, etc.
>>
>> Please advertise and properly enough this event to your non technical
>> Bristol. Bath or surrounding area's friends, co workers, fellow
>> students, etc, because this event really is not aimed at us technical
>> people, but rather the average person who walks down the streets of
>> Bristol, Bath, surrounding areas, and etc.
>>
>> Thank You in advanced for any help with the event.
>>
>> Best Regards
>>
>> Sebastian
>>
>> P.S
>>
>> Some more on the day helpers on the day would be rather useful! If you
>> would like to help out, but we haven't already been in contact about
>> that, please email me about that as soon as possible.
>>
>> P.S 2
>>
>> Please go on the Facebook page http://facebook.com/LPDBristolUK and
>> generally share the event page etc. which you can get onto
>> from that link.
>>
>>
>
>
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2016 20:07:46 +0300
From: peternsomerset@virginmedia.com
To: Alex Butcher \\(LUG\\) <lug@assursys.co.uk>, Bristol and Bath
Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Wix to Wordpress - Basic Info
Message-ID: <1475514466.867084134@f27.my.com>
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Thanks Alex, that's a help. I am having a meeting later this week and have asked for as much detail about present site/costs as possible and I will start from there!
--
Peter H
Sent from myMail for Android Sunday, 02 October 2016, 00:41pm +01:00 from Alex Butcher \(LUG\) via Bristol bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk :
>Hi -
>
>At the very least, the present domain administrator (/owner) will need to amend the Address (A) record for 'www' to point to the IP address of the new WordPress host (once you have one!). That WordPress site will need to be up and ready (perhaps only serving existing content reworked for WordPress under a temporary domain name).
>
>If they wish to relinquish the domain entirely, they'll need to action that via 123 Reg. If they're not around to do that, you'll need to wait until the domain expires next April (assuming they haven't set up auto-renewal) and buy it before anyone else does!
>
>Best Regards,
>Alex
>
>On 2 October 2016 12:15:37 BST, Peter Hemmings via Bristol < bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk > wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>Several times over the last 4 years I have offered to help a local club
>>maintain their site, but they have never took up my offer, they just get
>>local members to produce a site, who leave until another "volunteer"
>>arrives and the site is not updated.
>>
>>A usual scenario it seems!
>>
>>It now seems they have a "focal point" and want to talk, and I am a bit
>>short of some basic knowledge! I have Wordpress (WP) on a laptop to
>>show how to administer it but I do not know how to move/recreate a site.
>>
>>Their present site is run by Wix (I don't know if they pay for it), and
>>their Domain name is owned by a previous member:
>>
>> Domain name:
>> backwellvillageclub.co.uk
>>
>> Registrant:
>> Richard OCallaghan
>>
>> Registrant type:
>> UK Individual
>>
>> Registrant's address:
>>
The Old Bakery
>> 118 Farleigh Road
>> Backwell Bristol
>> BS48 3PF
>> United Kingdom
>>
>> Data validation:
>> Nominet was able to match the registrant's name and address
>>against a 3rd party data source on 10-Dec-2012
>>
>> Registrar:
>> 123-Reg Limited t/a 123-reg [Tag = 123-REG]
>> URL: http://www.123-reg.co.uk
>>
>> Relevant dates:
>> Registered on: 01-Apr-2010
>> Expiry date: 01-Apr-2017
>> Last updated: 24-Apr-2014
>>
>> Registration status:
>> Registered until expiry date.
>>
>> Name servers:
>> ns1.wix.com
>> ns2.wix.com
>>
>> WHOIS lookup made at 12:06:14 02-Oct-2016
>>
>>Assuming I get more involved, what exactly do I need to do to transfer <
br
/>from the present Wix to a new site/host?
>>
>>How do I transfer ownership of the name to another member?
>>
>>PS I have offered to just put up a Wix page on the "Beerfest" (11th-13th
>>November for those interested!) jus to get the word out.
>>
>>
>>Regards
>
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2016 19:58:27 +0100
From: Sebastian <sebsebseb_mageia@gmx.com>
To: <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>, <sebsebseb_mageia@gmx.com>
Subject: [bristol] Groups
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Hi
I know that some LUG members are or were in the Bristol Hackspace as well,
but I am wondering what Bristol, Bath, or surrunding areas, groups, we
generally have members in, and not just technology. So what groups are you
in?
Regards
Sebastian
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