Hi Greg,
I agree that if I know what people are doing, it is way easier to ask them to
present on it.
However, I don't see how any particular convener, such as myself, can find out
what even 10% of the (?how may? 500? more?) people on the OCLUG mail list are
doing. Many of them (more than 1/3
From: Robert P. J. Day rpj...@crashcourse.ca
To: Richard Guy Briggs r...@tricolour.net
Cc: Ottawa Linux Users Group linux@lists.oclug.on.ca
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 9:08:38 AM
Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] more emphasis on online tutorials as opposed to
On Mon, 21 Jan 2013, Rob Echlin wrote:
... snip ...
Hi Rob Day,
I agree with Richard.
There are many reasons why people go to a presentation by you at OCLUG,
either instead of or as well as reading the process on your web site.
- better fits their learning style
- ask you related questions
All this would suggest that the convenor, instead of asking for random
volunteers, should be aware of what people are doing and/or documenting,
and ask directly individuals to speak and to discuss. It would work
around the perception common of many doers that nobody else would be
interested in
Robert P. J. Day wrote: [in part]
http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Building_basic_RPi_image
so there's not much point using meeting time to explain something
that anyone can read at their leisure at my web site.
But surely Jean-Francois is not the only one who does not quite grok
