> ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sumeet Madhukar Moghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: ILUG CAL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 2:19 AM > Subject: [ilug-cal] Meetings
oops .. missed these lines : <snipped> > > All we need do is have a fixed day for the meet every > month/fortnight. > > We could fix it permanently as the evening of last Saturday of > every > > month and adhere to to that day, come rain, hail or shine. This we already have .. 2nd sunday of every month .. 4pm > Each meet > > should have a fixed agenda. For example, we could FIRST do a > demo topic > > like "Clustering" or perhaps "Mail server config" or "Debian > > Installation" or "DRI, Linux and Gaming" or "Desktop > performance on > > Linux". NEXT we could have a brief look at a "programming > language of > > the month" ..we could start with Perl and Python for starters > and we > > could go on, in future meets to discuss stuff like the GTK+ > libraries > > and/or QT, ORBit etc. ONCE WE ARE DONE with this we could spend > some > > time discussing other activities of the group like advocacy > drives, > > seminars and stuff like that. At THE END OF THE DAY, we could > have a > > "Tip of the meet" which could be any small hint to enhance the > > experience of usin' Linux. We could have a small CD Burning/Bug > > Squashing session too. EXCELLENT SUGGETIONS .. TKS .. C'mon guys .. chip in .. support, modify .. and we might have a good structre for meetings in place sooner rather than later > > What this kind of an approach does, is that it gets every > member that > > attends the meet, to appreciate the virtues of using Linux and > Free > > Software and we generate the interest amongst the "not so > active/not so > > interested" members. He/she tries his hand at it, gets stuck, > posts on > > the list, starts a thread, gets a solution, is happy and learns > the > > virtues of being a LUG member. Most Linux users, even today, > initially > > install Linux bcos a dual boot system is supposedly "kool" B-). > What we > > need to do is make them realise that using Linux as their > primary OS is > > much kooler !!;) good comments .. good observations .. i tend to agree fully .. could be the way to go too ! ..pk -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
