I really like that idea -- it is more hands on. I met with an IT person over at one of my clients and was telling him about LinuxFest about 3 weeks ago and he said that he used to come to the CLUG meetings but don't any more because it has got away from the hobbiest. I think we can have something for everyone. While I find the presentations interesting and informative, at my current level, I get easily frustrated and sidetracked (being busy) and you forget about it until next time. It would be good to work together and collaborate with someone on a small project.
For example, recently and especially after LinuxFest, I thought it would be a good idea to look at pod casting for the company, however, my comfort level is still very much in the windoze side but I am trying to find open source solutions that is platform independent. Audacity seems like a really good product to work with. Just for an example, I would like to work with some tools like that then have someone come for pizza and beer that is really knowledgeable in dealing with sound files as we have several audiophiles and pod cast experts in our midst. I can see this as a stepping stone to a workshop and will allow people with less technical ability to step up to a more active role. >The company I work for encourages what they call "Task Forces". Usually, >someone takes the initiative to propose an investigation into a product, >technology, problem, etc. with a definite scope and time period (usually a >few weeks, no more than a couple of months). Those willing to participate >come aboard and meet maybe once or twice a week to research and share >thoughts on what they have found. Then they document their findings and >present at the closure of the task force. What is left is a documented >contribution to the company, a sense of community and teamwork, and closer >social ties since most of the work occurs over coffee, beers, etc. Task >forces can build off previous findings, and anyone is able to spearhead one. > >There's less need to deliver a critical, final product and yet it produces >many of the desired effects (I think are) being referred to in this thread. > >Feedback appreciated. > >Curtis > > _______________________________________________ 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
