On Apr 17, 2008, at 3:00 PM, Tracy R Reed wrote:
I just asked what the experienced guys might do if we do too many
newbie presentations. A fair question, I think. Not at all elitist.
Everyone should enjoy the meeting. Seems like something got blown
out of proportion.
I was not criticizing Tracy. I was criticizing what he wrote. Each
of us is capable of saying stupid things even when we generally are
thoughtful and helpful most of the time.
I really don't think it was stupid.
I saw it as an honest and valid question, too.
Personally, unless I'm going to present or the topic at hand is of
specific interest to me, I don't really see the point of even trying
to show up at a meeting. Given that my employment conflicts with the
meetings in the first place, I have to work extra hard to even try to
make meetings I'm interested in, and most of those times, I'm not able
to get the time off anyway.
While do I agree that we need to have introductory and intermediate
topics ("newbie" and "i've got my own system running and haven't
broken it in a couple months"), we can't ignore the experienced
people, either. Given time (and assurance from my employer that I'll
be permitted to take time off for the meeting), there are several
things I'd love to work up into presentations, but I don't think any
of them would be newbie-friendly. Does that mean I shouldn't bother?
Am I being elitist by not working up material that a complete newcomer
to Linux would find interesting and understandable?
Tracy's question was legitimate. Ideally, we'd have material suitable
for both newbies and pros at every meeting. I'd love to have the time
to contribute, but I don't. It seems most other members of the org
don't, either.
Either that, or everyone else is a lazy freeloader. :P
Gregory
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