At last night's meeting there was a low turn-out and no speaker. Neil used the time (wisely in my estimation) to explore the question of what we should be doing as a group.
There were new people there, some for their first meeting, and as they talked about what they want from the group, it became obvious that we're not meeting the needs of newcomers by our general meeting. By the same token it wouldn't fill the needs of those of us who've been around to go back to simple presentations. The idea was introduced to solve this by forming a new SIG, kind of a child process of KPLUG, that would be run by newbies for newbies. Call it the San Diego Linux Newcomers UG (or "SD L-NUG"). The idea would be that it would have a whole separate officer structure (so Neil et al wouldn't do double duty) and would have its own meeting, maybe a week before ours.[0] Speakers, of course, could come from our own ranks. The newbies at the meeting were enthusiastic. They want to learn about word processing, alternates to Micro$oft SW, getting on the internet; they don't know it yet, but they'd probably be delighted by first perl lessons and shell tricks. I'm writing about it as a sort of announcement. If there's any enthusiasm, then the San Diego Computer Society can arrange rooms and organizational support. I'm thinking the first organizational meeting could happen right after the holidays. And maybe the whole thing would bring some spice back to the regular meetings ;-) Feedback encouraged, as always. [0] I like this because speakers who wanted to could break presentations into a beginner's segment and a more advanced. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
