I don't think we ought to wait until the OCF because most of the CDs we give out are to people from outside the Eugene area, as are most of both OCF attendees and, for that matter, at least half of the Faire Family (OK, both of these statements are pure and simple wild-ass guesses based on 6-7 years giving out CDs at the Fair),
I think we ought to include a flyer in the CDs referencing not only EUGLUG but PLUG and the Corvallis group(s) and whatever is happening down Ashland way, have I not noticed other LUGs in Oregon? Ought we include references to other LUGs as well? On 3/2/06, Jim K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps the best time for a beginners series would be a couple weeks > after the Oregon Country Fair. My thinking on the timing is usually we > have several people at the fair giving out Linux CD's. > If we attached a small flyer about the training session it would get > more people interested. > Jim k > > Mike Cherba wrote: > > Matt, > > An excellent Idea. I've thought about similar things in the past. I > > agree that many people prefer a live human being who can react to their > > confusion to a disinterested webpage or email. If we plan on doing > > this, I'd like to take suggestions for topics. I'll follow up this > > email with another which is a CLASS TOPICS subject for responses. > > > > I's suggest that any classes, or "targeted clinics" focus on some topics > > even more simple than you have mentioned. Like Using OpenOffice in > > place of MS Office. We should group topics as Beginner, Intermediate, > > and Advanced. One person can present, and we could have 3 or 4 others > > whose job it is to give one on one assistance throughout the hands on > > portion of the course. I've taught similar courses on other subjects in > > the past. Lets make exploring this idea the official topic for next > > week's meeting. In the meantime, suggestions from the peanut gallery? > > > > -Mike > > > > "The danger from computers is not that they will eventually get as smart > > as men, but that we will meanwhile agree to meet them halfway." -Bernard > > Avashi > > > > On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 11:43 -0800, Matthew Jarvis wrote: > > > >> So as I sit here researching disk partitioning ideas, I had a thought > >> that might help spark some interest and/or attendance at future meetings. > >> > >> Have you guys ever had focused training classes that cover the basics? > >> For example, at an evening session, rather than a general free for all, > >> have an 'official' topic such as: > >> > >> Hard Disk setup, partitioning, maintenance > >> Linux Versions pros and cons (no religious wars allowed!) > >> Installing Linux apps issues using the various tools.methods > >> Getting on the net with Linux (connections, Surf, email) > >> Wireless setup > >> Troubleshooting hardware problems/drivers > >> General troubleshooting > >> Scheduling tasks > >> > >> on and on... > >> > >> Heck, even a nimrod like me could probably teach another newbie how to > >> use cron. > >> > >> Maybe divide and conquer, setting up day long sessions with various > >> presenters? I know there have been a few Sat sessions, but they seemed > >> focused well beyond beginner level. > >> > >> Yes, I realize that the vast majority of the topics are covered ad > >> nauseum on the net, but newbies might not know that or just want that > >> warm and fuzzy feeling of a live body to answer some questions... > >> > >> Of course, it's always easy to make suggestions when someone else has to > >> do the work, so forgive me if you've tried this before and it either > >> failed to gel or this isn't the focus of what you want to accomplish > >> with EUGLUG. > >> > >> I *can* help facilitate scheduling and so forth if that helps... We > >> could announce the next training topic at SAO things and get it out in > >> our newsletter etc. > >> > >> I want to learn, and I'm willing to help where I can. > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > EUGLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > -- Edward P. Craig "Think this through with me. Let me know your mind" Hunter/Garcia _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
