The thing is, Computers are good for so many things these days that it's hard to guess what people care about, and it's impossible to narrow it down to beginner/advanced, or server/desktop. Some of us use computers at work, some are retired. Obviously our concerns differ greatly. Small 10-15 person presentations strike me as better suited. And presentations is the wrong word for them. More like demos.
"This is Kevin. He's running Gentoo on an AMD64." Anyone curious about Gentoo, or the AMD64 or wanting to laugh at his latest comment on the email list can head over there. Kevin just found out that spell checking is easy to set up in KDE, and will show people how he did it. Following that, there'll be an AMD64 running Gentoo for people to try out. This is a 10 minuite presentation, with a clear invitation that people would be interested in. Some already know how to install ispell (and think I'm an idiot for not knowing that in advance), and that's fine. They might be curious to know how /lib is laid out to accomodate 64 and 32 bit applications. That seems to cover both groups. Perhaps this will wind down after 20 mins, and everyone will be bored at my 'area' and will move on. That's fine too. Perhaps someone will ask for a copy of Gentoo to try at home, and I'll burn it for them on K3B, which will lead to a bunch of other questions. Who knows where it'll lead. Does it matter? When we have installfests, or email install miniclasses, or whatever, how often are people totally lacking something to do? When slowness comes, they play. "Check this out" is a good and important part of Linux. And it reaches everyone at every level. Kev. On Friday 05 November 2004 08:46, Dany Allard wrote: > I think that if we can get two rooms and enough people to attend each > presentation (no one wants to give a presentation to just one or two > people) we should proceed with the split presentations. > If not, then I think we should post the experience level with the > presentation on the CLUG site. > Example: Topics this month - Compiling your own Kernel - Advanced > (server/desktop) > -an introduction to linux > partitions - Intermediate (server/desktop) > - How to use open office - > Beginner (desktop) > > My 0.02$ > > Dany Allard > > Shawn wrote: > >On Thursday 04 November 2004 23:10, Aaron Seigo wrote: > >>ok, there'll be some people who are interested in both. but if we're > >> having two presentations, why can't they be in parallel? gives more time > >> for each and lowers the % of bored people (hopefully ;) > > > >Can we run two (or more) parallel presentations in the same room at the > > same time? Or are we going to need another room? If so, are we > > comfortable enough with DeVry to request the use of another room? How do > > we handle it if they refuse? > > > >I'm not trying to be negative here, just trying to work through the idea > > to see if there are any reasons it wouldn't work. If it is possible to > > do two presentations simultaneously, then I agree this might be a viable > > solution. > > > >I may be in the minority here, but when I make it to the meetings, I don't > >really care what the presentation is, I'm still going to sit through it > > and listen to it. I'd like to hear all the presentations if I can - I > > feel that I can still learn from those that I'm familiar with (like the > > LDAP install routine - just did it a couple of weeks ago - good job on it > > btw). I don't consider myself an advanced user (yet), or a junior user, > > but rather someplace in the middle. I can easily see value in the > > "beginner" type of presentations, and the "guru" type. So, if we hold > > two presentations simultaneously, I'll feel like I'm missing out on > > something. On the other hand, that's life, and I'll make the appropriate > > choice when needed (which to attend). If that is the way the group > > chooses to go. > > > >Shawn > > > >_______________________________________________ > >clug-talk mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >**Please remove these lines when replying > > This message, including any attachments, is intended only for the person(s) > to whom it is addressed. If you received it in error, please let us know > and delete the message from your system. This message may be confidential > and may fall under the duty of non-disclosure. Any use by others than the > intended addressee is prohibited. Trema shall not be liable for any damage > related to the electronic transmission of this message, such as failure or > delay of its delivery, interception or manipulation by third parties, or > transmission of viruses or other malicious code. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
