Hi all, Over the past 2 days I have met-up with Jean and Shawn to discuss possibilities of promoting Linux at Uni.
Following is an outline of ideas we discussed, which I would like to present to the community for any comments, ideas, improvements, etc... The main idea we intend to be pushing is an Open Source day sometime in March (perhaps we could make use of the 3rd March for geeky reasons [square root day]). 2 interesting possibilities we have discussed for the day could be an introductory Linux workshop. Should we find it difficult to find someone to take over the duty of teaching, we could always approach the institute in malta that offers LPI certification and ask if they could send someone to give the talk. The other would be some sort of "Linux Exhibition". This would work best if we were given access to one of the labs, install linux (+ eye candy + killer apps) and people could just sit down and play around with linux and view the interesting features. Something on a projector screen is also a possibility. Leading up to the event, publicity will focus on the following: - A set of cheeky posters, possibly one focusing on each of a list of "why use Linux" set up around campus - An article(s) on the student's paper. - some sort of simple but sexy web presence for our efforts. Eventually this will include some multimedia content, a forum for the community (if it builds up to a level that it is required), pages related to specific projects underway, etc - A section of the above mentioned site to link to open source software, distro mirrors, tutorials, etc One of the first steps we had in mind is to approach* the dean of the faculty of ICT to ask for the faculties backing. Also we will hopefully have the support of ICTSA once the event comes along (Marc, being on the list, you are officially invited to comment on this as ICTSA president) *I will probably be doing the talking, and if no one objects, I will present myself as a representative of MLUG. I hope to get some interesting feedback from you guys! Seb
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