Re: New Student Organization and Next Meeting Location

On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 03:23:05PM -0400, Jonathan Rosenbaum wrote:
> I recommend reserving a lcd projector for the meeting.  It sounds like
> we may have several speakers, but regardless, a projector would be quite
> useful.  For instance, I'm leaning towards presenting the power of the
> command-line - for me, personally, this is one of GNU/Linux's big
> selling points.  Just describing what can be done from the commandline
> without presenting it in a visual or tactual context will leave too much
> to a new user's imagination.

If I speak, I would prefer to have a LCD projector or overhead.  I can get
away without if necessary.  I would not try to present too much information if
we expect to have a lot of new people who may not have a lot of Linux
experience.  I would recommend one or two speakers and a short time frame; no
more than 1/2 an hour.  The remainder of the time can be spent in free form
discussion answering questions.  Those who do not wish to stay are not forced
to sit through a long presentation.

Are there any plans to give away CDs?  I can bring some Knoppix CDs and
TheOpenCDs.  I'm not sure how many we might need, but it would be cool to be
able to give one or the other to each new attendee.  If anyone else is
interested in bringing CDs, be sure to print up a nice label as well.  I have
high-quality labels for the above.  A CD with a a marker label, while good in
most cases, does not make a good first impression.

Eric

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Eric F. Sorton <[email protected]>