On Monday, January 10, 2011 05:49:41 pm Bruce Locke wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Robert Mark Wallace > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Maybe we should start identifying people who need help with basic > > things, and run a special Saturday workshop for them. > > As the person who organized the space for our last few MHVLUG "help" > and "installfest" days I'm extremely skeptical an additional weekend > session would work. No one shows for them anymore. My theory is that > as the Internet evolved and Internet literacy has increased overall > there isn't much need for these sessions anymore.
Agreed > People seem to like the lightning talks so I'd suggest adding another > 10-15 minute session before the main talk oriented towards end-user > questions. Perhaps an anonymous dropbox for questions could be setup > with one volunteer a month pulling a question and spending the 10-15 > minute session answering it. A little back and forth on this would > move it past the "wouldn't it just be easier to Google it?" threshold. I like the above suggestion -- I think that will work. -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [email protected] _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Feb 2 - Zimbra Mar 2 - MHVLUG 8th Anniversary - Show and Tell Apr 6 - Introduction to IPv6
