Simón Ruiz wrote: > As an example, last night's meeting was advertised with the sentence
"If you've never moved beyond the point and click world of the GUI, but want to see what's under the hood, this is [the] meeting for you."
However, I strongly feel that we irresponsibly advertised a geekfest as being a beginner-friendly introduction.
My apologies to all of the people who showed up at the last meeting expecting a beginners' tutorial. I was the one who irresponsibly sent out the misleading advertisement, and I freely admit that was wrong. I had originally proposed a beginner's talk, but by the time the notice went out we had already changed it to be more heavy on the hacks and tricks end. Unfortunately my brain remained stuck on the earlier description, so again my apologies. This does prove what I've always known - that I suck at sending out PR notices, but so far that fact hasn't gotten me fired from the job. Maybe it should... ;)
Let's use my wife, who came in understandably expecting a beginner-friendly presentation, as an example. Bash dictionaries were merely the last thing discussed; I know Sarah—who was hoping to learn something, and even had a terminal window up in anticipation—was lost almost immediately after the meeting started.
Of course. My dozen slides were more an attempt at lightening review for the somewhat knowledgeable, than an introduction for beginners. Again, that was my fault.
This does point out a need for changes in the level of topics and the way we choose topics for LUG meetings. If you all will bear with me on that, I hope to have something for discussion soon.
Cheers, Vern -- This time for sure! -Bullwinkle J. Moose ----------------------------- Vern Ceder, Director of Technology Canterbury School, 3210 Smith Road, Ft Wayne, IN 46804 [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 260-436-0746; FAX: 260-436-5137 _______________________________________________ Fwlug mailing list [email protected] http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org
