Quoting Andrew Fife (afife@untangle.com):
The problem is that other LUGs mailing lists are a great way for BALUG to get the word out and abandoning them will make it quit difficult to let folks know about all of the great speakers we have lined up for 2008.
What I suggested, specifically, is (1) doing a one-time posting calling LUG members' attention to BALUG's currently exceptional slate of upcoming speakers.
And then, from that point forward, (2) post to other LUGs' mailing lists "About BALUG" reminders no more than _quarterly_, suggesting signup at BALUG's very-low-traffic, announce mailing list, via http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-announce-balug.org , to receive timely meeting announcements + other BALUG news.
If people know of BALUG's existence, of balug-announce's ease of signup, and of the latter's very low traffic, and choose not to subscribe, then blitzing their LUG mailing lists anyway because it's a "great way to get the word out" is rude.
And remains that way even where LUG leaders give their OK.