Another possibility would be too have the first or last hour devoted to Linux beginners topics. We could start at 6 and that would be for beginners. This would hopefully maintain the cohesiveness of the group. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lan Barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Kplug Newbie" <[email protected]>, "Steering Committee" <[email protected]> Subject: Newbie SIG Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 20:46:30 -0800
> > 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 Randall Shimizu Cabrillo Computer Solutions http://is-perspectives.blogspot.com/ 619-223-6947 -- ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
