----- Original Message ----- From: "John Sechrest" wrote: >I would like to see a brochure/introduction pamphlet/promotional piece > for MWVLUG. I wonder if there is not a > state wide lug promotional piece we can put together.
Get it professionally designed and printed. Maybe O'Reilly and/or other vendors (Red Hat/Novell) could throw the local LUGs some co-op funds to help make this happen. AMD, Intel and Google also has dollars available for such endeavors. Not sure of any local IT vendors that might want to help out but in the past I've received substantial discounted and/or free design work and/or printing for non-profit orgs/charity events thru QSL Printing. Koke is another alternative. If something is printed make it so the content has extra staying power. A professional looking "informational piece" which can be distributed for several years into the future. That is avoid dating any of the content or including any phone numbers, mailing/email/web addresses which are not written in stone. Also avoid lisitng meeting dates/days/locations unless those will not change in the forseeable future. Instead include such info on a secondary piece which can be printed up on-demand in small quantities. Less than two months to LinuxFest Northwest 2006. Darren "Edward Craig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: % 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 topic= % s % > > 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 i= % n % > > 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 smar= % t % > > as men, but that we will meanwhile agree to meet them halfway." -Bernar= % d % > > 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 meetin= % gs. % > >> % > >> 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 ----- John Sechrest . Helping people use . computers and the Internet . more effectively . . 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