[wellylug] Idea from tonights meeting

[Klenner, Colin]

I had a similar conversation with a couple of people on the same topic and
agree with this proposal.

Colin

-----Original Message-----
From: Jamie Dobbs [mailto:jamie.dobbs at paradise.net.nz] 
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 10:09 PM
To: Wellylug
Subject: [wellylug] Idea from tonights meeting


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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