LUGOD Publicity HOWTO

v.0.9.8 - 2017.May.01


Authors


1. Introduction

This document describes the responsibilities of the Publicity Officer of the Linux Users' Group of Davis. (http://www.lugod.org/).

It also has information that is relevant to the Publicity Officer. Namely, information about other user groups, and contact information for places to advertise events.


2. Responsibilities

The Publicity Officer serves as a contact between LUGOD and both the general public and local media.

2a. LUGOD Event Annoucements

Anything that LUGOD wants to advertise (meetings, events, etc.) will go through the Publicity Officer. Events should be announced on the LUGOD website (via its online calendar), sent to the "vox-announce" mailing list (http://www.lugod.org/mailinglists/), and when applicable, posted as an event to LUGOD's Facebook Page, and then shared with LUGOD's Facebook Group.

2b. Other Groups' Events

On occasion, the Publicity Officer should visit the website of all the user groups around us, and note the date, location and topic of their next meetings.

Working with the Webmaster, the Publicity Officer can recommend events to be listed on LUGOD's online calendar (http://www.lugod.org/calendar/).

The Publicity Officer may also present this information during the meeting.

2c. Misc

The Publicity Officer is also responsible for keeping this HOWTO document up to date, and responding to queries from the public and media addressed to [email protected].


3. Users Groups

NAME:
	Linux Users' Group of Davis
MEETINGS:
	3rd Monday of each month; 6:30pm-9:00pm
LOCATION:
	Yolo County Library, Davis Branch
	315 East 14th Street
	Davis, CA 95616
WEBSITE:
	http://www.lugod.org/
ADDRESS:
	Linux Users' Group of Davis
	PO Box 837
	Davis, CA 95617
CONTACT:
	Bill Kendrick, Publicity Officer
	[email protected]
HISTORY:
	LUGOD was founded in January, 1999.  Membership is free and open to
	the public.  (NOTE: LUGOD is not affiliated with UC Davis.)

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NAME:
	Silicon Valley Linux Users Group (SVLUG)
MEETINGS:
	1st Wednesday of each month; 7:00pm-9:00pm
LOCATION:
	???
	San Jose, CA
WEBSITE:
	http://www.svlug.org/
CONTACT:
	Chris DiBona, President
	[email protected]
CONTACT:
	Don Marti, Publicity Coordinator
	???@???
HISTORY:
	SVLUG is one of the oldest and largest LUGS in the world.  It was
	originally formed in 1988 and has a membership of approximately
	500 people.

They are a special interest group of the Silicon Valley Computer Society (SVCS). Under the umbrella of SVCS, SVLUG has NPO status. SVCS has membership dues, but you are not required to be an SVCS member to be an SVLUG member. Currently, the SVCS dues are $38 for individual membership, $20 for full time students and $12 for spouse/family membership.

-- NAME: North Bay Linux Users Group (NBLUG) MEETINGS: 2nd Tuesday of each month; 7:30pm LOCATION: O'Reilly and Associates 103B Morris Street Sebastopol, CA WEBSITE: http://www.nblug.org/ ADDRESS: North Bay Linux Users Group PO Box 1374 Santa Rosa, CA 95402-1374 CONTACT: Dustin Molla, President [email protected] CONTACT: Information Address [email protected] HISTORY: ??? -- NAME: Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG) MEETINGS: Third Tuesday of each month; 7:00pm-10:00pm LOCATION: Four Seas Restaurant 731 Grant (at Clay) Chinatown, San Francisco, CA WEBSITE: http://www.balug.org/ CONTACT: ??? ???@??? HISTORY: ??? -- NAME: Berkeley Linux Users Group (CALLUG) MEETINGS: 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month during the school year, 1st Saturday during summer; 6:00pm LOCATION: University of California, Berkeley EECS Computer Science Division 387 Soda Hall #1776 Berkeley, CA 94720-1776 WEBSITE: http://www-callug.cs.berkeley.edu/ ADDRESS: ??? Berkeley, CA CONTACT: Information Address [email protected] HISTORY: ??? -- NAME: Sacramento Linux Users Group (SacLUG) MEETINGS: 2nd Wednesday of each month; 7:00pm-9:00pm LOCATION: CalWeb Internet Services 1111 Howe Avenue, Suite 355 Sacramento, CA 95825 WEBSITE: http://www.saclug.org/ ADDRESS: SacLUG c/o Brian Lavendar PO Box 19184 Sacramento, CA 95816-0184 CONTACT: Brian Lavendar, President [email protected] HISTORY: SacLUG is a SIG of the Sacramento PC Users Group. -- NAME: Sacramento PC Users Group (SacPCUG) MEETINGS: ??? LOCATION: ??? Sacramento, CA WEBSITE: http://www.sacpcug.org/ ADDRESS: ??? Sacramento, CA CONTACT: Milt Hull, President [email protected] HISTORY: ??? -- NAME: UC Davis IEEE Association MEETINGS: ? LOCATION: ??? Davis, CA WEBSITE: http://www.ece.ucdavis.edu/~ieee/ ADDRESS: ??? Davis, CA CONTACT: Contact Address [email protected] HISTORY: ??? -- NAME: UC Davis Computer Science Club MEETINGS: Wednesdays; 6:00pm LOCATION: 1131 Engineering Unit II UC Davis Davis, CA WEBSITE: http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~csclub/ ADDRESS: CS Club c/o Dept of Computer Science University of California One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616-8562 CONTACT: Publicity Officer [email protected] HISTORY: ??? -- NAME: UC Davis Computer Science Dept. WEBSITE: http://cs.ucdavis.edu/ ADDRESS: One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616 CONTACT: Melinda Day, Receptionist [email protected] --


4. Publications

NAME:
	Davis Enterprise Newspaper
WEBSITE:
	http://www.davisenterprise.com/
ADDRESS:
	The Davis Enterprise
	315 G Street
	Davis, CA 95616
PHONE:
	530-756-0800
CONTACT:
	Debbie Davis, Editor
	[email protected]

NAME:
	The Davis Dirt
WEBSITE:
	http://www.thedavisdirt.com/
ADDRESS:
	The Davis Dirt
	P.O. Box 4085
	Davis, CA 95617
PHONE:
	N/A
CONTACT:
	http://www.thedavisdirt.com/add-event/

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NAME:
	California Aggie Newspaper
WEBSITE:
	http://www.californiaaggie.com/
ADDRESS:
	25 Lower Freeborn
	UC Davis
	Davis, CA 95616
PHONE:
	530-752-0365
CONTACT:
	Cameron Jahn, Aggie Daily Calendar Editor
	[email protected]

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NAME:
	Californa Computer News
WEBSITE:
	http://www.ccnmag.com/
ADDRESS:
	CCN Magazine
	100 Blue Ravine Rd.
	Folsom, CA 95630
PHONE:
	916-363-8191
CONTACT:
	Calendar Contact
	[email protected]

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NAME:
	Woodland Daily Democrat
WEBSITE:
	http://www.dailydemocrat.com/
ADDRESS:
	???
PHONE:
	???
CONTACT:
	Contact Address
	[email protected]

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NAME:
	Sacramento News and Review
WEBSITE:
	http://www.newsreview.com/sacto/
ADDRESS:
	1015 20th Street
	Sacramento, CA 95814
PHONE:
	916-498-1234
CONTACT:
	Calendar
	[email protected]

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NAME:
	KDVS Radio
WEBSITE:
	http://www.kdvs.org/
ADDRESS:
	???
PHONE:
	???
CONTACT:
	Gina Brown, Online Calendar
	[email protected]
CONTACT:
	Teresa, On-Air Calendar
	[email protected]
CONTACT:
	Mona Rabieh, Public Service Announcement Contact
	[email protected]

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NAME:
	California Computer News (CCN)
WEBSITE:
	http://www.ccnmag.com/
ADDRESS:
	???
PHONE:
	???
CONTACT:
	John Marcotte, Editor
	[email protected]

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NAME:
	Linux Weekly News
WEBSITE:
	http://www.lwn.net/
ADDRESS:
	???
PHONE:
	???
CONTACT:
	Becky Sobol, LWN Editor
	[email protected]
CONTACT:
	LUG-related Contact Address
	[email protected]

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NAME:
	Bay Area Linux Events
WEBSITE:
	???
ADDRESS:
	???
PHONE:
	???
CONTACT:
	???
	[email protected]

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NAME:
	TechCalendar
WEBSITE:
	http://www.techcalendar.com/
ADDRESS:
	???
PHONE:
	???
CONTACT:
	Feedback Address
	[email protected]

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NAME:
	Davis Food Co-Op Newsletter
WEBSITE:
	http://www.daviscoop.com/
ADDRESS:
	Davis Food Co-Op
	620 G Street
	Davis, CA 95616
PHONE:
	530-758-2667
CONTACT:
	Karl Kruger, General Manager
	[email protected]
CONTACT:
	Julie Cross, Special Events
	[email protected]

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NAME:
	The Graduate Gazette
WEBSITE:
	???
ADDRESS:
	???
	Davis, CA 95616
PHONE:
	???
CONTACT:
	Lori Yancura
	[email protected]

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NAME:
	LUG Resource Project
WEBSITE:
	http://www.linuxusersgroups.org/
ADDRESS:
	???
	Illinois
PHONE:
	618-398-7360
CONTACT:
	Kara Pritchard
	[email protected]

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NAME:
	Davis Media Access (previously Davis Community Television (DCTV)) Bulletin Board
WEBSITE:
	http://davismedia.org/forms/cbb-submission
ADDRESS:
	1623 Fifth Street - Suite A
	Davis, CA 95616 
PHONE:
	???
CONTACT:
	???
	???

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NAME:
	KXTV News10 "Mark Your Calendar" (Site & on-air segment)
WEBSITE:
	http://search.news10.net/sp?aff=1003&skin=
ADDRESS:
	400 Broadway
	Sacramento, CA 95818
PHONE:
	916-441-2345
CONTACT:
	C. Henson, 'Comments'
	[email protected],[email protected]

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NAME:
	Sacramento Bee Ticket Suppliment
WEBSITE:
	???
ADDRESS:
	???
PHONE:
	???
CONTACT:
	Pauline Haynes
	[email protected]

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NAME:
	Linux.com
WEBSITE:
	http://www.linux.com/
ADDRESS:
	???
PHONE:
	???
CONTACT:
	Linux.com Editors
	[email protected]

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NAME:
	ACC++ent
WEBSITE:
	http://www.accu-usa.org/Newsletters.html
ADDRESS:
	???
PHONE:
	???
CONTACT:
	Editor (Reginald Charney)
	[email protected]


5. Online Event Calendars

NAME:
	SacGeeks.com Meetup Group Events Calendar
WEBSITE:
	http://www.meetup.com/sacgeeks/calendar

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NAME:
	Davis Patch Events Calendar
WEBSITE:
	http://davis.patch.com/events/new

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NAME:
	Davis Wiki Events Calendar
WEBSITE:
	http://daviswiki.org/events

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NAME:
	Davis Enterprise Date Book
WEBSITE:
	http://www.davisenterprise.com/calendar_event_add.php

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NAME:
	Sacramento craigslist Events Calendar
WEBSITE:
	https://post.craigslist.org/sac/E/eve/none/x

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NAME:
	Davis Community Network Events Calendar
WEBSITE:	
	http://events.dcn.org/general/postEvent

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NAME
	SacramentoITevents.net Calendar
WEBSITE:
	http://uat.sacramentoitevents.net/

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NAME:
	Sacramento.com Events Calendar
WEBSITE:
	mailto:[email protected]

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NAME:
	Linux.org Calendar
WEBSITE:
	mailto:[email protected]

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NAME:
	LinuxQuestions.org Calendar
WEBSITE:
	http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/calendar.php
EMAIL:
	mailto:[email protected]

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NAME:
	City Search
WEBSITE:
	http://www.aboutticketmaster.com/event.html

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NAME:
	SF Indymedia Calendar
WEBSITE:
	http://www.indybay.org/calendar/event_add.php?topic_id=0®ion_id=0

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NAME:
	SacTicket Calendar
WEBSITE:
	http://www.sacticket.com/cgi-bin/calendar/pub_entry.cgi

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NAME:
	LinuxToday.com
WEBSITE:
	http://linuxtoday.com/contribute.php3


6. Facebook

LUGOD:
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  GROUP (FOR CLUB MEMBERS)
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/lugod/

  PUBLIC PAGE
  https://www.facebook.com/LinuxUsersGroupOfDavis/

COMP. SCI. CLUB AT UC DAVIS:
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  GROUP (FOR CLUB MEMBERS)
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/daviscsclub/

7. Sample Messages

For meetings:
Subject: Linux Users' Group of Davis, {MONTH} {DAY} - {TOPIC}


LUGOD, The Linux Users' Group of Davis, will hold its next meeting on:

  {DAY_OF_WEEK}
  {MONTH} {DAY}, {YEAR}
  6:30pm

The meeting will be held at:

  Yolo County Library, Davis Branch
  315 East 14th Street
  Davis, CA 95616


The topic will be:

  {TOPIC}
  presented by {SPEAKER}

  {DESCRIPTION}


For details on this meeting, maps, directions, public transportation
schedules, etc., visit:

  http://www.lugod.org/meeting/



LUGOD is a non-profit organization dedicated to the Linux Operating System,
and which holds meetings twice a month in Davis, CA.

Meetings are always free, and open to the public.


Please visit our website for details:

  http://www.lugod.org/

For demos:
LUGOD, The Linux Users' Group of Davis, will be holding a Linux demonstration:

  Day-Of-Week
  Month Day, Year
  Time

The demonstration will be held at:

  Location
  Address
  Davis, CA 95616


Details:

  Members of the Linux Users' Group of Davis will demonstrate Linux,
  a free operating system for computers that presents an alternative
  to the Microsoft monopoly.  Drop by and learn how you can bring the
  fun back into computing by joining the dynamic, worldwide community
  of computer enthusiasts and professionals who use Linux.
  People with all levels of computer experience are welcome.


For details, visit:

  http://www.lugod.org/projects/demo/
  
  

LUGOD is a non-profit organization dedicated to the
Linux Operating System, and which holds regular meetings,
workshops, demonstrations and other events in Davis, CA.
 
  http://www.lugod.org/


8. Copyright, Acknowledgements and License

This document is copyright 2000-2017 by Bill Kendrick and Peter Jay Salzman.