Re: New Student Organization and Next Meeting Location

I'll stop in tomorrow and see if I can get a projector setup for the meeting.  
Unfortunately I have no practical way to burn CDs right now, so I'm no help 
there, although I do think it's a good idea.  Shoot me a topic and I'll start 
printing flyers.

I'll let everyone know as soon as possible about the projector.

Craig

On Monday 22 August 2005 21:17, Eric F Sorton wrote:
> 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