Meeting Topic (was Re: Morlug Logo for the Flyer)

I haven't been to a meeting before, and firewalls would be my
preferred topic.  I have never really messed with configuring one
beyond the "wizard."

I am, however, very familiar with Firefox (& Opera--I use both, at
home and at work)--I've used both of them since they came out.  Well,
Firefox when it was Phoenix or something, so not the VERY beginning
... 0.5 maybe?  And Opera since 1995 or '96--I don't remember.
Whenever ZDNet reviewed it first, I guess :-)

If doing something with Firefox, focussing on the multitude of
extensions, which are most useful & why--especially tabs--would
probably be helpful for people who are new to it.  Covering
Thunderbird in the same session would make sense, since they're
siblings & share many extensions & themes.

Any other ideas?
Deborah

On 7/13/05, Michael Bond <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is there a meeting topic set yet?
> 
> It seems a bit odd promoting a meeting that we don't have a topic
> scheduled for.
> 
> I know the website says F* ... but both of the topics on that list
> are far too complex to share a meeting with each other ... and when
> we open it up to anything starting with the letter "F" we do an
> injustice to any one topic.
> 
> We had the "lighting talks" meeting several months ago, and this
> seems like the same thing to me but with a more limited number of
> topics.
> 
> Since we are handing out fliers to the general public, and
> encouraging them to come, I think we need to have a topic that would
> be more appealing to them on a whole.
> 
> Firewalls isn't a bad topic. Why should they care? What is available
> to them? How to build one with an old computer that is laying around
> (and a small linux distro).
> 
> Firefox isn't a bad one either. Why should they care? How do they get
> it? (perhaps hand out CD's with an install for various Operating
> Systems). Configuration/Privacy options. Plugins.
> 
> Both of those are good topics, but please don't try to combine them
> into a single meeting.
> 
> Probably should also add the meeting topic to the flier before you
> start putting it out. If there is no specific topic less people will
> be interested.
> 
> Mike.
> [email protected]