we went through all that. Also having beginners topics in the back of the room. Never happened, didn't work.
This has a chance because the people who want it would make it happen. On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 09:24:28PM -0800, Randall Shimizu wrote: > 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 -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
