On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 01:23:50PM -0700, Logan Gunnell wrote: > > As we make the push to have more meetings and presentations, we would like > feedback from everyone as to what topics we should discuss in member > meetings, presentation topics, and suggestions for presenters. We want to > know what you want to hear or know about.
I think that your plans sound great. From past experience, cool topics like MythTV have tended to have a lot of interest, though I'm not sure if MythTV is quite as exciting now that most cable boxes are DVRs. There are related and otherwise interesting topics that the BYU Copyright Office probably wouldn't approve of. :) But topics like Android and Arduino might be interesting to a wide range of UUG-type personalities. > To start off we are going to host a Unix Install-Fest in a couple of weeks. > More details will be announced soon. Whether or not you want to try out a > new distro you should still come by. It will be a good opportunity to > personally meet other members of the group and maybe introduce your friends > to Unix-like Operating Systems. My personal opinion is that Linux is now so easy to install that it's hard to drum up lots of interest through an install fest anymore. Back in the day, it was so much more intimidating, but these days, Linux is easier to install than Windows. It's been a couple of years since I've been to an install fest, but if I remember correctly, attendance got pretty low. > We really want to increase the Unix and Open Source community here at BYU > and we are open to any and all ideas for the group. Sounds great. Another thing that I think we should do more of is getting people to write reviews in exchange for free (brand new) books from the library. A few people have taken advantage of this, but given how easy it is to do, we should be getting more people involved. -- Andrew McNabb http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868 -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
