[TriLUG] Re: Survey for class focal points

[Kevin Flanagan]

Al, and everyone else,


    I agree!  I think that a scheduled "basics" session would be good,
once every quarter?  Is it possible that it's time for TriLUG to think
about split meetings?  Say two sessions at once, one on specifics,
sendmail, apache, etc, and another on basics of redhat or the like? 
Most meetings are standing room only, I wonder if there would be enough
attendance to do that?  It would surely mean work to get a second
location etc.  The current location is great, if we grow much more
though it'll be time to move no matter what the plans are for the
topics.

    I know that I would drift back and forth if there were the 100 track
and the 200 track meetings on the same night, based on my level of
comfort with different things.


    If either approach were to be undertaken, it would mean more work
for the steering committee.   I would think that a subcommitte could
work, that is if the charter allows, to handle booking events.  If that
approach were to be taken it could be one or two of the current SC
folks, as well as a couple of others to pitch in, with high level
decisions comming from the compete SC.


    I think that the overflow crowds are a really great thing, and
TriLUG is a great group.  In order to continue to provide real value for
the membership things like this should get a few minutes thought now and
then.  I fully understand if folks don't think that either of these
ideas isn't right, just give it a few minutes thought.





Just my $.02


Kevin



On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 17:40, ALFRED JOHNSON wrote:

> All this sounds interesting, and useful. However, I'd like for us to do 
> something which we used to do, which is to discuss the BASICS for ALL  
> Linux users. For example, the meeting we had on RPMs, clearly 
> disappointed a good number of people because it had very little 
> PRACTICAL information on using RPMs Instead it focused on the Red Hat 
> history and politics of RPM development. If you recall we had an 
> overflow crowd that night, but the comments we heard leaving that 
> meeting was that a lot of folks were disappointed because they were 
> expecting something more practical. I would just like to see somebody 
> stand up and in one night give the minimum you need to know to keep  
> Linux running on a desktop, without all the fluff. In other words, 
> something for the newbies once in a while. If we don't do this, I can 
> guarantee you that we'll lose a lot of new members. I've discovered 
> that everyone needs to brush up on the basics because the rapid pace of 
> Linux software development is literally making everyone a "Linux 
> newbie". -- Al Johnson.
> =======================================================
> On Aug 31, 2004, at 4:33 PM, Joseph Tate wrote:
> 



> >
> > On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:46:59 -0400, Joseph Tate 
> > <dragonstrider at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> We're gearing up for future classes on the topics of Apache and Samba
> >> configuration.  Which of the below topics are interesting to you?  Are
> >> there topics that you would like to see covered that aren't mentioned?
> >>  I can't promise that we'll cover your topic, but appreciate all
> >> constructive input.  Please reply to the list.





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