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Things to change when a DLUG meeting has happened

Work out the next date of the next meeting.

seq 7 | xargs -I @ date -d $year-$mon-0@ '+%Y-%m-%d %a' | grep $day\$

E.g.

$ year=2009; mon=09; day=Tue
$ seq 7 | xargs -I @ date -d $year-$mon-0@ '+%Y-%m-%d %a' | grep $day\$
2009-09-01 Tue
$

Update the meeting wiki page

  1. Update the pub meetings wiki page.
  2. Edit section for the appropriate location.
  3. Change “Next meeting” date.
  4. Preview and save, e.g. “Update date of next Dorchester meeting.”

#dorset IRC channel's topic

Join #dorset, gain a sufficient access level and edit the existing topic to have the next location and date, e.g.

Dorset Linux User Group | http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/ | Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2009-09-01 20:00

Mailman mailing list

  1. Log in as an administrator for the list
  2. Visit “Non-digest options”.
  3. Find “Footer added to mail sent to regular list members”.
  4. Alter to have the location, date, and time of the next meeting.
  5. Stick to four lines of text at most, under 80 characters each.
  6. Don't remove the space after the “–” signature indicator.

E.g.

-- 
Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wednesday 2009-08-05 20:00
Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/
Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%%23dorset
List info: %(web_page_url)slistinfo%(cgiext)s/%(_internal_name)s

Yahoo Upcoming

  1. Log in to Yahoo Upcoming.
  2. Add an event for the new pub meet.
  3. Choose one of the existing two venues.
    1. Dorchester: not yet created
  4. Send to the Dorset Web group.
  5. Add tags: dorset (bournemouth|dorchester) linux dorsetlug lug. These can be added in one go, space separated.

E.g. http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3069854

administrivia.1249811156.txt.gz · Last modified: 2009/08/09 10:45 by ralph