On 7/30/07, Carl Lowenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The usual suspects: > > Saturday August 4 at That Technical Bookstore. 10am - 3pm > < http://www.thattechnicalbookstore.com > > > Saturday August 11 at National City Adult Education Center. 10am - 3pm > < http://www.kernel-panic.org > > > carl
I have some possible good news for those who are interested in teaching Linux basics to others. I know this has been discussed periodically for the Installfests and the general meeting. Glynn and I tried to do that when we first came back to NCAS, but the people at the installfests tend to be interested in very specific solutions to very specific problems(installs, troubleshooting, app-specific configurations/projects), and we failed to attract the interest of those who wanted some basic general use knowledge. Mr. Garcia, the senior tech instructor at NCAS, has started a free weekly Linux course on Saturdays and says that the Installfests will still be held, as scheduled, in conjunction with the class. Further, he says that anyone from KPLUG who wants to teach some Linux basics or specific howtos to the class on the days when the Installfest is going on would be welcome and encouraged(but not required) to do so. The class starts in September. If anyone is intersted, let me know and I'll get that to Mr. Garcia so we can coordinate this with the Installfests a bit better. The nice thing about this is that we don't need to attract the participants. I think that one of the best ways to overcome the Devil-we-know syndrome that Wade and others have recently written about is to get new members of the IT workforce at least familiar, if not comfortable, in Linux before they first get into the job market. Sort of infiltrating the ranks as it were. The more workers are familiar with Linux, the less hostile the territory will eventually be. Robert Donovan -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
