Re: [PLUG] RFC: seeing other LUG meeting announcements on PLUG list?

[Chris Hedemark <chrish@trilug.org>]

This touches on something I wanted to do with my metalug.org domain.  
Posted here for comments.

I was thinking along the lines of people setting up accounts with their 
ZIP code, and then a preference for how many miles from their ZIP code 
are they interested in Linux events for.  LUG's post announcements 
based on the ZIP code of their event.  Thus people get announcements 
based on how far they are willing to travel for Linux events.  Poor 
college students without transportation can set a low threshold like 2 
or 3 miles.  People in the boonies can say 40 miles (which is totally 
normal traveling distance for a lot of other user groups outside of the 
northeast corridor).

If you get real fancy you can even say limit the main topic to Linux 
events, BSD events, PGP/GnuPG Keysigning events, etc.  But for now I'm 
just suggesting geographical preferences.

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homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of 
totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?" - Mahatma 
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