I'm confused. I was about to add more thoughts after reading the
following I'm not sure it has merit.
On Mon, 2011-01-10 at 19:07 -0500, Sean Dague wrote:
> On 01/10/2011 06:13 PM, Chris Knadle wrote:
> >> 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.
>
> I actually think all of this is solving a problem we don't have.
>
> Being realistic, we're never really going to get people with only a
> casual background through the door. I'd much rather focus on our
> strengths of developing a richer, deeper knowledge base among our
> members and exposing people that show up most months to interesting
> topics and projects people are doing. It's part of what makes us one of
> the more vibrant technical groups in the area, and the reason I never
> want to miss a meeting personally.
>
> Ubuntu and Google have pretty much taken over the bootstrapping phase of
> people learning Linux, and I'm ok with that.
>
> -Sean
>
I thought this thread consisted of two parts:
1. How can MHVLUG meetings keep interest of the group, without
excluding members with no programming knowledge?
2. How can MHVLUG reach out to the community to spread the word of
FOSS, and increase the Linux presence locally?
If the above two items are not what the group is currently about (nor
wants to be), then this may be a dead thread.
I did not see this tread as trying to solve a problem. I thought it was
more of a discussion to make something that is already great into to
something great for all.
I do consider myself a Linux user and a resident living in the Mid
Hudson Valley. If the group prefers catering to the demographic "Open
Source programmers" perhaps the name is inappropriate. ;)
Eric
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