[wellylug] Idea from tonights meeting

[Michael Dittmer]

Hi

I'm all for it Jamie.

Regards

Michael

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From: wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz
[mailto:wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz]On Behalf Of Jamie Dobbs
Sent: Monday, 12 May 2003 22:09
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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