On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 05:36, Gurpreet Singh Sachdeva wrote:
15 minutes is infinitely more than zero.
I concur! Even 2 mins is infinitely more than zero. :-)
touche.
Very true honorable LL Ji... But can we actually manage the show in 15 mins??? I don't think so...
maybe not, but let's fit the intro in 15 minutes. after the meet, the newbies could ask questions one-to-one. let's see what happens.
I agree wholeheartedly with LL's suggestions though. We have two distinct kind of audience in our meets - non-tech end users(newbies/experienced) and tech end users(newbies/experienced). Maybe we can profile the people attending the meets to find out how many are which ( No, I dont think an online poll is enough. This has to happen with people who actually attend the meets :-P )
Whatever happens, the needs of the newbies are more than experienced users - after all when do you need handholding the most?
I actually feel that a minimum of 25% of the meet schedule should be for newbies, if not 50%. It need not be things like "What is Linux", but really basic topics, like configuring the printer, or using a digital camera - things that a new linux user would like to do.
Ofcourse, it means that the experiences people will yawn through half the meets, but they should understand the priorities of this users group.
- Sandip
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