Greetings, Appeal! Please do not let me down :)
Cheers, Jimmy On 6 December 2015 at 12:30, Jimmy PIERRE <jimmypierre.rouen.fra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings ! > > Now it’s time to report on the 21st November event :) > > Number of one to one visitors: 17 > > Total number of visitors on/off curiosity or regulars : 41 > > Many appointments: > > 1. A lady brought her laptop and wanted to install openSUSE. > The hard disk was 40 GB only and with 1 giga free. We were helpless L > I looked in my toolbox if we had a spare hard disk, could not > accommodate her. She will buy an external disk and save her XP > documents before bringing the baby back for baptism in December. > > 2. A local teacher wanted some DVDs to give away to his good IT > pupils, we had around 12 DVDs of openSUSE that we burnt beforehand, I > sacrificed them for this good cause > > 3. A couple wanted an upgrade of openSUSE 13.1 to 13.2 because > they had a 32 bit computer. USB did not work quite well, my RSYNC > server was not finished and no more DVDs. They trust us, so they > settled for an upgrade at home coupled with a coffee/tea/biscuits or > something whenever we could visit. We do visit a few people when there > are peripherals to configure. > > 4. A young man brought 3 disks for verification. Two were DOA > and the last one a 200GB was declared ok for openSUSE installation. > > 5. A man bought a Gamer PC in kit. Installation went fine but > the Video Card gave a lot of hassle. He will change the Video Card at > the store and come another time. > > 6. We have a subscription for a data card of 3GB with Orange. > Before we figured out what was happening, the 3Gb was sort of > completely used! The issue was that a guy needed to update of his > openSUSE 13.1. I had to swap the 3G router SIM with my own SIM card L > The operation went well afterwards. Phew! > > 7. A man walked in, he had us installing openSUSE 13.2 a few > months back. He wanted a personal tuition, too lazy to read manuals…. > We could only afford a 20 minutes inset with a crowd gathering so that > others could benefit as well. > > 8. OpenStreetMap was here as well, so fun! > > 9. The President of the association from North Normandy came > round again with a list of questions. This is “pyramidal” learning…. > > 10. I gave an inset on SuseStudio, two people that were running > other flavors of Linux were converted here and then to openSUSE > > 11. A guy came in for a DVD, miracles can happen! I found a DVD in > my DVD tray that was certainly forgotten there, I burned one for him > and he walked away, very happy. > > 12. A man came with his son. Interestingly, we could not get the > Games loaded with Leap 42.1 to work at all L /!\Note to self, need to > check if this also happens in English /!\ > > 13. A group of women (Sewing club next door) did barge, eager to > find out what the excitement was about. I sacrificed my gecko in the > hope that they could produce same ;-) > > a. Note: What is good to know, there are many clubs that run on > Saturdays at the city hall, even if some people are “shy” to walk in, > they know what is going on globally, they can be the best ambassadors > in their immediate circles. > > 14. Interesting story: A young man walked in, he saw the > announcement in the agenda of the city and had a kind of shopping list > J The most urgent was that he had attempted to change his laptop > battery and did not know how to put it back together…. Now, we had the > problem of the egg and the chicken. No laptop, no openSUSE, so he will > come early on the 12th so that we can attempt to fix it and install > openSUSE. > > 15. The other ad hoc visitors and regulars were just kind to us J > Some brought cakes in and we ordered coffee and soft drinks for > everybody. We know how to entertain people J > > Some pending and (urgent) matters since my last report: > > 1. Help to get NUI RSS on http://planet.opensuse.org I am not > good with Python et al ! > > 2. A few bits and pieces for Xmas (Next Saturday 12th BTW) if > you can of course :D > * Table cloth? > * DVDs? > * Leap Tshirts? > * Goodies? > > Best wishes, > > > > Jimmy > PS. Please do not forget Ubuntu endeavors, their coalition is now four > bodies in one, this proves that openSUSE/SUSE are very strong.... > > On 19 November 2015 at 16:08, Jimmy PIERRE > <jimmypierre.rouen.fra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> >> I have been pretty busy for the last month or two and managed to get >> an hour or so to-day in order to write these reports, so sorry! >> >> >> Preamble >> >> >> On 1st of January next year (around) Lower Normandy and Higher >> Normandy will re become just one Normandy. The administrative Capital >> will be ROUEN. This is good for us. (There is a development on this >> event below). >> >> >> Every year the associations have a show case and people come from >> towns/villages of the County in September to see what they do and how >> they can use the facilities. Having said that, every month the City >> charges a few Euros to each association in order to finance >> Electricity, cleaning, security et al. >> >> >> Event 19 September >> >> >> This year again, it coincided with Software Freedom Day (International >> event). Thanks to Douglas & Elisa, we had some posters and a few items >> in order not to be sort of “naked” with the thousands of visitors, the >> Mayor, the President of the council and other dignitaries…. >> >> >> I carefully picked up 3 members plus me who have experience and >> stamina in this type of event, Laurence, Olivier, Mike (came by train >> from Paris). We started early because there were a couple hundreds of >> associations fighting for chairs, electricty, wifi and other material. >> Some intelligent people set their stands overnight! >> >> >> This year, we wanted to hit hard because we were refused a stand at >> RMLL in Beauvais (The old Novell/Microsoft deal or ordeal, the way you >> look at it). We wanted to show our availability to the population, >> local, National or international without hindrance. >> >> >> That served us well, the politicians opened and went for a tour to >> visit every stand. I greeted them personally and some did walk away a >> DVD of SLED/S and/or a souvenir. Mike brought his 3D printing and >> sadly did not get it to work with openSUSE, but the laymen had no idea >> what was driving the 3D printer and this became an attraction which >> comforted me that if you do not know about open source, when wandering >> in the alleys, SUSE, Libre-Office, Leap etc. will not ring a bell, but >> seeing a sort of metallic frame on a table with 4 people in green, you >> want to know what’s up! This drove a lot of traffic and Mike also >> offered free advice for people. >> >> >> We had some nice encounters: >> >> a. A local association dealing exclusively with exchange of >> services against services, no money involved wants to trade IT from >> us. So when he will have no activities on Saturdays that we are in >> business, they will come and continue on that path with us. >> >> b. Somebody came with his desktop to get it fixed, he was running >> Ubuntu and had a few broken packages… Delicate situation >> >> c. We had the firemen (holding a stand as well) visiting us one by one >> >> d. Our neighbor just opposite was a lady demonstrating yoga, so >> IT was not her priority, nor her visitors >> >> e. Our next door neighbor was the team that runs a city secondary >> site and they very interested that we came to their premises to >> demonstrate openSUSE/SUSE…. >> >> f. We had around 26 lapel pins left and a lady came round was >> quite upset about wifi microwaves and while discussing with us took a >> handful of pins, we were dumbed because she had no computers at home … >> Is she going to promote us or going to sell them? >> >> g. A bit deceived with openSUSE on Raspberry PI 2, this is not >> trivial compared to other distributions … >> >> We distributed to professional potential users SLED/S and 100 openSUSE >> 13.2 DVDs that we burned ourselves over the weeks prior to SFD. Apart >> from that, we happily gave away stickers, SUSE key rings. >> >> We showed Tumbleweed on a dedicated machine and Leap in Beta state, >> openSUSE 13.2 of course, explained tens of times the various >> differences also with other distributions. >> >> After talking to several hundreds of visitors all day, we did indulge >> in liters of Coca-Cola, coffee and lunch was very frugal as we were >> quite busy. >> >> We all ended at my place for dinner. >> >> In a nutshell: Very positive day, met people from all around Normandy. >> Discovered some other associations eager to go in at the deep end with >> openSUSE, and our ARM version for Raspberry needs to become foolproof… >> We will do it again next year! >> >> Photos: not a lot, uploading soon. >> >> Event 21 October >> >> Here, this was the normal monthly SFD, but there were 6 people who >> made appointments for particular questions/issues. >> >> Total visitors 30 >> >> Here are the workshops (pre booked) that were held: >> >> 1. Installation of LAMP, then Wordpress and other stuff. All done OK! >> >> 2. Recovery of root password. We failed, probably because >> openSUSE is well armored J So reinstalled Tumbleweed, VGA card gave us >> grief. So, we ended with openSUSE 13.2 >> >> 3. The President of an association in North East of Normandy, >> drove all the way to Rouen, he himself had tons of questions. The most >> important issue was about transition from Windows to openSUSE, then >> which desktop KDE/Gnome. So the full works: installation of openSUSE >> 13.2 and some labs with LibreOffice, Firefox, Insets on ssh, ftp… >> >> 4. A young man had some doubts about using Linux, I personally >> spent time with him and he will start to come every month in order to >> better himself. >> >> 5. A person weary of Linux wanted an installation with a dual >> boot *with* Windows 7 >> >> 6. The best is yet to come! A guy walked in and wanted openSUSE >> installed, (he phoned weeks ago) He already made a backup of “My >> Documents” and wanted a new beginning. >> >> OpenStreetMap was present (as usual) and they trained people on using >> OSM. The other visitors came to have a first encounter with Linux and >> some wanted information. A few were also already running other flavors >> like Ubuntu and came to see what’s new. >> >> In a nutshell: Very rich day indeed, now getting ready for 12th >> December and would like to play father Xmas J Please clean/clear your >> drawers and send me what you can spare J >> >> What the competition is doing >> >> It seems to me that someone got in touch with me in April last year on >> LinkedIn and might have been monitoring the way we operate. >> Someoneelse came in August last year and starting to help voluntarily >> a bit when there were too many visitors. He started at the same time a >> site with SPIP and has been mingling with other LUGs in Normandy and >> complained that he did not get the passwords to directly input their >> sites. So, I found him very much involved with a particular LUG >> (purist of Linux) and that they were accepted at RMLL. Since then, he >> stopped visiting us. He was present on the stand of the other LUG last >> September and has a domain name now instead of hosting his SPIP site >> with his Internet provider. >> >> Surprise, surprise, the other LUG, Ubuntu (France) and this gentleman >> made a coalition and created ubuntu-rouen.org and now attempting to >> organize install parties in Rouen (Rouen capital of Normandy). The >> first one was planned last Saturday and cancelled because of the >> events in France. >> >> RSS issue >> >> Here is what I wrote on the 6th September, I had a couple of answers >> (thanks by the way) but I need that done so that I can use my talent >> on other matters: >> >> QUOTE “I do not master the python and I have asked for help very >> kindly and even opened two cases with support. They stayed opened a >> few months then got closed. No way to enter this RSS >> http://planet.opensuse.org” UNQUOTE >> >> There is enough visibility on the web, but this one is missing. >> >> >> @Douglas >> >> A few bits and pieces for Xmas if you can of course :D >> >> 1. * Table cloth? >> >> 2. * DVDs? >> >> 3. * Leap Tshirts? >> >> 4. * Goodies? >> >> >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Jimmy >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 6 September 2015 at 13:23, <jimmypierre.rouen.fra...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Sunday 06th September, 2015. >>> >>> Greetings All, >>> >>> When I asked Novell about the future of NUI, I was given Kim as contact. >>> Yes, I will pursue the path of French Forum with Kim on a separate thread >>> now and not bother Kim with the running of NUI.fr >>> >>> Having said that, I have been cc you all and was sinserely expecting someone >>> to come forward. The tam-tam is alive and well on Social networks. >>> >>> Three quickies: >>> >>> 1. As per attached letter, the City is asking us to pay special >>> attention to our stand. >>> >>> 2. I do not master the python and I have asked for help very kindly >>> and even opened two cases with support. They stayed opended a few months >>> then got closed. No way to enter this RSS http://planet.opensuse.org >>> >>> 3. We do need goodies and some form of “uniform” >>> >>> In the light of the above, I will leave it to your goodwill to make these >>> events for 2015 and 2016 great successes indeed. For your easy reference: >>> >>> 19 septembe rSFD - Journée Mondiale du LL >>> >>> 31 October 2015 – Monthly event >>> >>> 21 November 2015 – Monthly event >>> >>> 12 December 2015 – Monthly event >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> >>> Jimmy >>> >>> From: Kim Groneman [mailto:kgrone...@novell.com] >>> Sent: 06 August 2015 16:04 >>> To: PIERRE, Jimmy >>> Cc: Schweikert, Robert; mmatthews2...@gmail.com; Brown, Richard; DeMaio, >>> Douglas >>> Subject: Re: Novell Users International French Chapter >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi Jimmy, >>> >>> >>> >>> I am not in a position to help with meetings and events or marketing >>> material. The only thing I'm in a position to do is to create a French >>> online community for the French speaking user group. I can install a French >>> language pack on our forums and create a forum for French language >>> discussion. If that online community becomes viable and strong, then we >>> would have a chance to show management and perhaps get more attention. Is >>> that what you would like me to do? >>> >>> >>> >>> Kim Groneman >>> Micro Focus/SUSE Digital Marketing >>> >>> Forums, Wiki, & Corporate Search >>> >>> EMAIL: kgrone...@microfocus.com >>> PHONE: 801-861-7652 >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> >>> >>> >>>>>> Jimmy PIERRE <jimmypierre.rouen.fra...@gmail.com> 7/30/2015 4:29 AM >>> >>> >>> Hi Kim, >>> >>> I was glad to read you last week but we had a family reunion and I could not >>> isolate to get back to you. This obviously gave me more time for thoughts. >>> >>> >>> >>> There were some events which brought me to take contact with you. So let me >>> start sequentially so that we get to an understanding of where I stand. I >>> will copy Doug, Mary, Robert the same. >>> >>> >>> >>> There were the RMLL in Montpelier last year. NUI attended the last 5 in a >>> row (Including Belgium and Switzerland), so as usual, I requested some >>> goodies to drive down there 860 KM one way. Nothing left and also kits were >>> given to other ambassadors including for that event. I was told to try to >>> get some of these for the show. After releasing chocolate to kids, any hope >>> of getting some back? I then started as previous years to get hold of a >>> stand, no luck this time, they tried to put us with people we never did >>> business before. In the light of this, I gave up! And sadly, no openSUSE was >>> present. Sic. >>> >>> >>> >>> NUI carried out our monthly thing in the City Hall venue rooms. Business as >>> usual. Of course, I personally work for Corporates and evey opportunity I >>> get, I put SUSE and openSUSE on the table v/s other solutions (MS and/or >>> RedHat or whatever). >>> >>> >>> >>> First Semester of 2016 is done and we had a lot of fun, new faces, new >>> comers, new engagements. The City Hall closed theses activities for the >>> Summer Holidays, no staff and no money (as well). We did not go to RMLL 2015 >>> in July because again, no stand, no goodies :( >>> >>> >>> >>> A little bit of background on French culture. Last Sunday ended the Annual >>> Tour de France of cycling. On the 3 000 KMs journey, there are Pom Pom girls >>> throwing, yes throwing goodies at "spectators". But few of these >>> "spectators" came for the race, only for goodies. What I am trying to say, >>> it's not economically sound to supply goodies by thousands. >>> >>> >>> >>> Most people nowadays buy PCs that are not equipped with a DVD player. I >>> received an email last Sunday on a how-to. OK, I managed this one. I did >>> look out for getting DVDs, pressed by some professionals but bank account >>> would not follow. So the least that we can reasonably be able to do business >>> as usual is a USB stick. I had a few quotes for stands kits, but the banker >>> won't be happy neither . So in terms of branding, we are doing as Mac Gyver >>> :) >>> >>> >>> >>> Coming to a forum, if nothing exists in French, please go ahead and create >>> one. I will either direct link from NUI.fr or URL rewriting, but in the end >>> it will be found very quickly and SEO will work like a charm. >>> >>> However, we might need some training on what each product does and used for. >>> Either via webminars or similar. There is always room in extending the >>> community and build demos, insets or whatever. >>> >>> >>> >>> Marketing >>> >>> We have an old French say: To make an omelet, you need eggs! This is not >>> happening these days. I am not complaining, mind you. I have asked for a few >>> t-shirts and SUSE SLE/SLES from SUSE for months now and nothing much >>> happened. On the other end, I received some brochures, a handful of usb >>> openSUSE and a few pens, etc. from Douglas DeMaio of openSUSE. First venue >>> and our stock was on the minus side. >>> >>> >>> >>> Have you noticed the propaganda on Windows 10? I have been following >>> Marketing ideas for openSUSE on the ML. I do not know about other countries, >>> but in order to captivate and motivate the troups, you need something >>> spectacular. Leap 42.1 being *the* milestone for openSUSE, needs some >>> particular attention. Milestone 1 is too early for demos, but in a couple of >>> months, things would have moved forward a lot and it will be time to make a >>> *joint* party everywhere we can in France on Leap 42.1. Ubuntu, Feudora, >>> Mageia end others do this some informal, some very formal, but it's >>> broadcasted and hammered down. >>> >>> >>> >>> What I use for promotion: Twitter, newspapers, Google+, Facebook, Linkedin, >>> Viadeo, NUI Blog, dedicated domain (jmll.fr), OVS, Agenda du Libre, etc. The >>> only "media" that I have attempted to use: planet openSUSE. Despite my Ph.D, >>> I still do have difficulties and for the last couple of years or more, I >>> opened a case with the lads at openSUSE and it got sort of closed and >>> therefore our events never appear there! >>> >>> >>> >>> So if this gets malleable, here we go... >>> >>> >>> >>> Now, when people come to see, hear, feel Leap 42.1 what do they take away >>> with them? >>> >>> How to decorate the stands? >>> >>> How ambassadors will be dressed? >>> >>> Backup from openSUSE Press people as we need some contacts to promote the >>> event. >>> >>> What goodies will be available? >>> >>> Several programs exist for MS: MVP as Most Valuable Person and they meet >>> yearly. Yes, Kim, we had BrainShare. SUSECon could be an alternative for >>> Ambassadors? >>> >>> >>> >>> Our next dates are as follows: >>> >>> 19 Septembre 2015 - Software Freedom Day (doing big this year outside in the >>> City center) >>> >>> 31 Octobre 2015 >>> >>> 21 Novembre 2015 >>> >>> 12 Décembre 2015 >>> >>> >>> >>> Finally, we need a backoffice support on translation. I am bilingual so any >>> documentation in English or French is fine. Translation must be part of "the >>> package" a release and all docs in native languages. Many Corporates do get >>> transalation outsourced, it's cheap and they deliver the goods. >>> >>> >>> >>> Just my two cents :) >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> >>> Jimmy >>> >>> >>> >>> On 23 July 2015 at 16:00, Kim Groneman <kgrone...@novell.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Jimmy. >>> >>> >>> >>> I'm glad to hear your group is doing well. I wish there was another >>> BrainShare so I could meet up with you again. This reply may be a little >>> long winded, but bear with me and I think it will help you understand where >>> we (Micro Focus) are in relation to you. Maybe we can help each other out. >>> >>> >>> >>> HISTORY: >>> >>> >>> >>> The NUI Program, as you know, was started years ago. NetWare Users >>> International to Novell Users International. It never had great backing or >>> funding from Novell, but for a while people thought it worthwhile so threw >>> some resources at it. Mike Morgan, director of the Novell Corporate Events >>> team was the last "owner" of NUI. As Novell's user base started to decline >>> and Mike's funding was reduced, this was one of the things he decided to >>> drop completely. Novell never announced it, just walked out and left >>> existing NUI chapters on their own. I think Mary Mathews from Michigan still >>> runs a user group too (I'm copying her on this email). >>> >>> >>> >>> About 5 years ago, I emailed the chapter presidents I knew of to see what >>> interest there was. A few, like you, were interested in maintaining the >>> relationship. Unfortunately, I couldn't get anyone else inside the company >>> interested enough to support it at the time. >>> >>> >>> >>> COMMUNITY STATUS TODAY: >>> >>> >>> >>> When TAG merged with Micro Focus, the management expressed interest in >>> giving a little more support to "community". To that end, they created a >>> community focused group of employees in the Marketing organization. I manage >>> our online support forums. There are a couple of guys that manage our social >>> media accounts. A gal that manages the Cool Solutions stuff. A guy that runs >>> our Academic focused community. We don't have a single community manager, >>> but we've all been brought together as a team to establish and foster >>> community. As Micro Focus management is making valiant efforts to improve >>> things for customers and at the company, we're still at a point of tight >>> budgets and personnel. What I'm hearing is that it may take a couple of >>> years before we're headed in the direction we want to go. The shareholders >>> believe in the vision thank goodness! >>> >>> >>> >>> OK, LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR NUI CHAPTER >>> >>> >>> >>> First of all, I'd like you to tell me what you'd like to see happen. I'm not >>> in any position to help you out a lot but I'm willing to help you where I >>> can. If you look at the Novell forums at http://forums.novell.com you'll see >>> I'm trying to put together communities of vertical markets (government, >>> healthcare, small business, etc.) That's still in it's infancy and >>> struggling, for good reason and probably will continue to struggle until we >>> can combine all Micro Focus community into one location, which is planned. >>> >>> >>> >>> One thing I could do for you immediately is create a private forum for your >>> group. A place for French speaking users of Micro Focus products. Forums are >>> searchable, sticky, and can be subscribed to so you get email notification >>> of discussions. I don't know if that's something you'd be interested in or >>> not. Another thing that could be done is to create a wiki sub page on >>> http://wiki.novell.com for you to use to store information. >>> >>> >>> >>> We have a good working academic focused community and I've found that once >>> such a community gets established, that community has clout with the >>> company. Our executive management are willing to listen to the voice of a >>> strong community, they're just not ready to throw a lot of resources at it >>> right now. >>> >>> >>> >>> My personal opinion is that it once made a lot of sense to have just local >>> community groups. I think with technology and the value in multiple heads, >>> it now makes more sense to focus more on idea, industry, or language based >>> community groups. That's not to say that local groups aren't of value, they >>> are. I think they would work better as part of a larger focus group though. >>> >>> >>> >>> I'm kind of rambling here, but again, let me know what you would like to see >>> happen and I'll see if I/we can do anything to help. I have no idea the >>> infrastructure you have going and what I'm offering may not even be needed. >>> >>> >>> >>> Kim Groneman >>> Micro Focus/SUSE Digital Marketing >>> >>> Forums, Wiki, & Corporate Search >>> >>> EMAIL: kgrone...@microfocus.com >>> PHONE: 801-861-7652 >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> >>> >>> >>>>>> Jimmy PIERRE <jimmypierre.rouen.fra...@gmail.com> 7/23/2015 3:21 AM >>> >>> >>> Greetings, >>> >>> Our association NUI.fr founded in 2001 is still doing fine. >>> >>> We were wondering how we can fit in the picture liaising with >>> MICROFOCUS Community Manager. >>> >>> We operate on a voluntary basis, that is, members buy cakes, >>> tea/coffee/soft drinks at our venues (monthly). >>> >>> If NUI is not convenient as name, do you have any suggestions? And, as >>> NUI seems to have been dissolved, maybe all agreement with Novell are >>> off now :( >>> >>> >>> I am totally bilingual and would love to have a quick chat with you. >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> Jimmy Pierre >>> President >>> NUI.fr >>> >>> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscr...@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+ow...@opensuse.org
