James G. Sack (jim) wrote:
> Neil Schneider wrote:
>> I think we need to figure out what we're going to do for August. There
>> were a bunch of good topics discussed last Thursday night.
>>
>> Jim,
>>
>> I would be most grateful if you would give us a synopsis from your
>> notes about that could kick start this conversation.
>>

Comments related to meeting suggestions
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Command Line Concepts for Beginners

- possibly multiple short presentations with multiple presenters. From
past experience, 3 or 4 might be the most we could usefully pack into
one meeting. Alternatively, one (or 2) short(s) could pair with a
longer traditional presentation, providing joy to multiple audiences. :-)

- might do some idea-prospecting (or even revive work on) prior writings
  http://www.kernel-panic.org/Members/pacneil/beginner/
  http://www.kernel-panic.org/wiki/MeetingProgramIdeas
  http://www.kernel-panic.org/wiki/LinuxAnswers


Entertainment Category

- Flight simulator (type) programs

- Board Games such as gnuchess

- See if Robin Rowe might be available & amenable for another
presentation (he gave one several years ago) -- either on his work with
CinePaint (was Film Gimp), or anything else from his knowledge and/or
involvement with the film industry.

- Stir up other local experts on gaming (eg DJA?)


Revisiting some additional basics (beginner-level)

- General Networking
- Wireless
- Firewalls (& security)
- WebCam, Dynamic DNS (& providing 'services')
- *nix ownership, permissions, filesystem
- file management, file migration and synchronization (how about rsync)
- backup
- archiving

Other Notes
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- San Diego ed-tech project  (San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD))
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/PFshowstory.cfm?ArticleID=7178 (reg reqd)
http://www.edtech.sandi.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=177&Itemid=336
-- possible contacts:
http://www.edtech.sandi.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=74&Itemid=504
  Deputy Superintendent Geno Flores
  Doug McIntosh, an educational technology resource teacher
  article author Jordan Zebor, Distance Learning and Digital Media
Specialist

- thin clients (eg, LTSP)
- vmware images for teaching/training
- help & support infrastructure needed for promoting Linux


Remarks
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All of the above seems like good wiki fodder. Especially since there is
such a good match to perpetual/recurring themes.

..but.. oh gee, organizing thoughts and actually getting things written
down is _really_ hard work. :-[


Regards,
..jim

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