KDE for non-techies

I am willing to do whatever I can to help.  I cc'd Mike Meffie who has 
been one of the OLF organisers from the start.  I am about 75 minutes 
from the Columbus convention center.

Henry Keultjes
Mansfield Ohio USA
Direct 419-525-1111


Justin Kirby wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Jeff Mitchell <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Henry,
>
>     On 8/30/2010 12:07 PM, hbkeultjes wrote:
>     > Jeff:
>     >
>     > If by chance you will be at Ohio Linux Fest, I would like to discuss
>     > ways for non-techies like myself to get support so we can feel
>     > comfortable switching to using more and more KDE components.
>
>     I won't be there, sorry.
>
>
> Hi Henry,
>
> We will have folks at OLF staffing a booth.  I am copying Klaatu, 
> Geoffrey, and Mackenzie on this thread so you can coordinate together 
> about a possible "KDE End User" oriented BoF.  Personally I think this 
> is a great idea and hope you all can make this happen.  Let me know if 
> there is anything else I can do to help!
>
> -Justin
>
>  
>
>
>     > My reply to the OLF 2010 announcements was a KDE BOF but sofar I
>     have
>     > not heard back about that suggestion.
>
>     I'm not sure which OLF 2010 announcement you're referring to or
>     who you
>     contacted about a KDE BoF. I would suggest contacting the KDE
>     Promo list
>     at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> about ideas for
>     promotion and BoFs at OLF.
>
>     > The problem, of course, is that the BOFs tend to attract highly
>     > technical people, developer types, who seem to lack any kind of
>     interest
>     > in helping the end user.
>
>     In my experience with BoFs this isn't necessarily correct -- the
>     audience BoFs tend to attract depends highly on how the BoF is
>     marketed,
>     both in its description and the title of the BoF itself. A BoF
>     entitled
>     "Developments in KDE" will likely attract existing KDE users who
>     want to
>     see what's new, while a BoF entitled "Getting Started Using KDE" will
>     likely attract those that are not existing KDE users but are
>     interested
>     in the idea.
>
>     > That, of course, is a big shame because to me
>     > the whole objective is to get end-users to use KDE.  Considering my
>     > qualifications, if KDE cannot get to the point where it can use
>     people
>     > like myself to train others to use KDE, the whole cause may be lost.
>     >
>     > I look forwards to hearing from you.
>
>     I've CCed the KDE Promo list in this reply -- that list would be the
>     appropriate venue to discuss this kind of promotion activity.
>
>     Thanks,
>     Jeff
>
>
>
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