OK, thanks! I don''t know anyone at the Technion.
Can you tell me who to talk to to get another room? Thanks again! .:====================================================:. Amichai Rotman UIN#: 6401746 Registered Linux User#: 201192 [http://counter.li.org/] Registered Ubuntu User #12851 [http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLEASE READ: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .:====================================================:. On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 13:30, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Amichai, > > Haifux Calendar is not really "wide open" - actually, it is booked until > May, which is four months from now. > However, regular Haifux lectures are only every other week. During W2L we > usually stop all Haifux activity, and give weekly lectures. This hurts the > club's activity. > > If you (or anybody else) wishes to organize a W2L series (proposal - > targeting the next spring semester) you can make use of the open slots, that > is you can get the room every other week, without hurting the schedule. From > what I saw of the faculty's occupancy at this time, you can probably ask for > another room if you want to give the lectures every week. > > Orna. > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Amichai Rotman <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Orna, >> >> I understand your point and agree with it, nevertheless, I believe there >> are a lot of skilled programmers and super users out there that tend to >> think Linux is no more than an old "dos window for geeks', unusable for the >> desktop user (i.e - them, while not doing sudo stuff) and so on... >> >> I would like to show them the true face and powers of the GNU/Linux system >> - as I did with my friends. >> >> The series should target existing power / super users that currently work >> solely with Windows - kind of: "Look, this is how it looks like, this is how >> you do this task under Linux" >> >> I noticed the Haifux calendar is wide open for the neear future. I am >> willing to do the lectures myself (although, I am not a gifted lecturer as >> others I've seen). I'll need help with spreading the word through the right >> channels - to get to the right target audiance. >> >> Thanks! >> >> .:====================================================:. >> >> Amichai Rotman >> >> UIN#: 6401746 >> Registered Linux User#: 201192 [http://counter.li.org/] >> Registered Ubuntu User #12851 [http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net] >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> PLEASE READ: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> .:====================================================:. >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 15:08, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi Amichai, >>> >>> On a personal note, I am tired of being a missionary and bored of >>> preaching. I feel Linux has become mainstream enough for Haifux to focus on >>> higher-level topics, which are more interesting for the hard core of the >>> Linux club, rather than working on PR/introductory lectures for strangers. >>> I would like to see Haifux more as a meeting place for enthusiasts, along >>> the original lines of guy's LUPG >>> (http://users.actcom.co.il/~choo/lupg/<http://users.actcom.co.il/%7Echoo/lupg/>) >>> and along the lines of the first years of the club, where people would learn >>> a subject and then teach it to others. >>> We have been recycling lectures and generally stepping in place - I would >>> like to see Haifux moving on to new professional territories, one of which >>> is parallel programming. >>> >>> I would also like to see Haifux community collaborative projects alive >>> and kicking again. >>> >>> On a more general note, Shlomi Fish has a lot of energy for W2L, but he >>> spends it in Tel Aviv. A project such as W2L requires a lot of energy from >>> several people. If there are not enough energetic people, there is no W2L. >>> >>> Orna. >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Amichai Rotman <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Haifa Linuxers! >>>> >>>> I wonder - why was it so long since we had Welcome 2 Linux lectures in >>>> Haifa? >>>> >>>> I had a couple of friends at home a week a go that have just installed >>>> Linux on their Laptops. One of them told me he haven't turned on his >>>> Window$ >>>> machine for more than a week and he is really happy with his Ubuntu 8.10 >>>> install (everything works - even WiFi) but he would like to know some more, >>>> have a better understanding of the inner workings of the Linux OS. >>>> >>>> I came across the Linux Reality <http://www.linuxreality.com> Podcast >>>> and thought we could hold a series of lectures along the lines of the >>>> Podcast outline. >>>> >>>> Please don't flame me too much [?] >>>> >>>> >>>> .:====================================================:. >>>> >>>> Amichai Rotman >>>> >>>> UIN#: 6401746 >>>> Registered Linux User#: 201192 [http://counter.li.org/] >>>> Registered Ubuntu User #12851 [http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net] >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> PLEASE READ: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> .:====================================================:. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Haifux mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Haifux mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux >> >> >
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