[wellylug] Idea from tonights meeting

[Chris XiN Targett]

Humm.. Good Idea

On Mon, May 12, 2003 at 10:09:23PM +1200, Jamie Dobbs wrote:
> This evening I spent some time talking to a gentleman about how we run
> the club and he gave me some valuable insight into the fact that perhaps
> we are not as geared towards 'newbies' as we should be. Given this fact
> I would like to suggest the following actions points:
> 
> 1. Elect a small committee, in the shape of a chairman, treasurer, and a
> person in charge of training materials etc.
> 
> 2. Have each meeting structured such that we have an initial
> introduction then break into two separate groups, one aimed at the
> beginners at the far end of the room, the other aimed at intermediate to
> advanced users. The beginners group would take the format of a basic
> introductory thing where each month might cover a couple of common Linux
> commands/terms/programs etc. and the other group could cover more
> advanced subjects such as PHP, networking etc.
> 
> I fully accept that this changes the meetings quite a lot and that we
> also need to find people willing (and able) to share their knowledge
> with beginners in an easily understandable way. But I do feel that these
> changes would be worth-while and give the group more scope to grow both
> as a group and as a method to try and bring Linux to the community as a
> whole.
> 
> I would welcome other peoples thoughts on these ideas and would hope
> that this would be the catalyst for an ongoing discussion.
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jamie
> 
> 
> 
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