Re: Renaming of SVLUG Meetup to SFLUG Meetup

On 4/4/19 2:57 PM, Rick Moen wrote:
> Kevin D. and I had an offlist chat, and I believe he'll soon post about
> a revised plan for the Meetup (naming it back).  But I wanted to post a
> few thoughts, while they're fresh in my mind:
> 
> Renaming the meetup to no longer be called 'SVLUG - Silicon Valley Linux
> User Group' is something done at my request, so, those who disapproved,
> please blame me and not Kevin -- but here's why I made that suggestion:
> 
> 1.  Kevin being now no longer local substantially increases the risk 
> of the 'SVLUG' meetup going dead and unmaintainable, an outcome we've 
> _already experienced once before_, and would like to avoid recurring.

What about making it a meta group - SFBayLUG or something like that?
That precludes SVLUG losing access and looking dead, but has a name
which opens up (re)posting really any LUG event in the bay area, including
in south bay.

Personally I don't mind getting SF notifications, though I probably won't go.
I might go to peninsula events.

> 2.  Wishful thinking notwithstanding, Silicon Valley and San Francisco 
> are different places with almost zero group-membership overlap.

That's probably true for folks who live and work in one location. People
who work in one location and live in the other may be willing
to either stick around late or go home early for an event.

I know a number of people who live in south bay/work in SF or vice versa;
I don't think it's uncommon.

--Sarah