usergroups: Update Portland, remove 5 defunct#660
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New information on various user groups, crowdsourced via https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1sskgr5/ Updated: Portland new website with contact details, remove outdated email, schedule confirmed still correct by u/patmaddox on Reddit Removed: Ulm website live but states group has disbanded UK dead link, defunct according to Sam Smith via email Manchester squatted link, confirmed defunct by Sam Smith via email Seattle dead link, confirmed defunct by u/linkslice on Reddit Jogja dead email address, no link, no web presence found Signed-off-by: Big Sneaky <[email protected]>
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New information on various user groups, crowdsourced via https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1sskgr5/
Re Portland: the new website contains X/Mastodon accounts for two organisers as a means of contact, replacing the previous email address. Pat Maddox suggests it's better to let their website be the source of truth on contact details in case of future changes, rather than list those social media accounts here. The group uses Calagator similarly to how some other groups use meetup.com; adding it here provides some redundancy to check if the group is still active even if their site goes dead.
Re Jogja: this is the only removed group I wasn't able to get direct confirmation for. But the sole information provided when this entry was added 20+ years ago was a university student email address, which has likely been dead for decades. I could find no trace of a web presence.
The list has many other dead links that suggest groups have disbanded, though - as Portland proves - information here can become stale and sometimes contact details have just changed! I intend to ask around for further confirmations on other forums I'm active in. Several defunct groups also appear on the equivalent NetBSD and OpenBSD lists, whose maintainers I intend to notify.
My search may throw up user groups not listed here. I was informed BSD Sul in Brazil, previously removed from this list, has reactivated and participates in activities like BSD Day. Unfortunately their new site has no contact information and is effectively a personal BSD blog: https://bsdsul.com.br/?action=view&url=voltamos-depois-de-oito-anos
My plan for new discoveries is to suggest they file a Bugzilla PR with website plus contact details, as per the instructions at https://www.freebsd.org/usergroups/ ... but I'm aware instructions can be outdated. Are Bugzilla PRs preferable these days?