Re: InstallFest (this week's meeting, plus a solicitation for talk proposals in future)

Hi everyone,

I think the open format worked surprisingly well too.  We should probably try 
to organize more formalized talks for the future (especially if the idea is 
not only to support but to evangelize for free softare to newbies--and I 
think it ought to be), but it seems that in the absence of a planned talk we 
can still have a meeting using the "Open Format".  

There's no need to cancel a meeting just because we don't have a planned talk, 
especially since last time seemed so reasonably productive.  After all, 
having a ready group of people to ask "that thing you always wondered" about 
Linux seems to me what LUGs are for in the first place, no?  I'll be happy to 
bring an armful of Linux reference books to look things up in case one of us 
doesn't know the answer.

However, for future planning, why doesn't everyone on the list who might be 
willing to give a talk in future submit some topics that they'd like to 
present on and then we can work from there.  (Just send them to the list.)  
Perhaps you Craig (or the club secretary) would be willing to compile 
whatever submissions we get by the meeting this Wedesday (8pm, Monongahela 
Room, Mountainlair) and we can discuss those at the meeting in addition to 
our general desultory discussion of all things Linux.

I'll start things going by proposing a few I'd be willing to perhaps do:  
Audacity and/or podcasting, Free software philosophy and history vs. 
open-source, MySQL, PHP, Subversion, the Jargon file and hacker culture, 
GNUCash, or perhaps sometime down the road Ruby on Rails.  I'm no expert on 
these, but I have a passing acquaintance and it might be fun/educational for 
me to learn enough to be able to give a talk.  Don't feel you need to be a 
guru to give a talk on something.

I always find the best way to learn something is to prepare to teach it to 
someone else.  So, in that spirit, who else wants to step up and offer to do 
a little talk (whether for future meetings or even this week) on something 
they know?

Ryan

On Monday 26 September 2005 15:23, [email protected] wrote:
> The following message was supposed to have been sent weeks ago, but so it
> turns out, was accidently replied to Eric Sorton and not to the list.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> A snag in the installfest plans...
>
> The only way to request space for any purpose other than our regularly
> scheduled meetings is to petition to hold a special event.  A form needs
> to be filed before the room can be reserved.  Unfortunately, this process
> will push the installfest back at least 3 weeks from now, pending space
> availability.
>
> I have reserved a room for 9/28 between 8:00 and 10:00 in the Monongahela
> room of the Mountainlair.  We can use this time for a planning meeting and
> forgo the monthly meeting until the installfest.  Or, hold a regular
> meeting and get some planning things out of the way, to.
>
> Input, please.
>
> Craig Schiffbauer
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> That's a bit outdated.  The current situation is that we have a room in the
> mountainlair reserved for Monday, October 24 from 6:30-10:30.  (this
> actually just changed again today...but the reservation is now confirmed) 
> The date and time were selected around room availability.  At this point in
> the semester it was hard to find a room with adequate size and for 4 hours
> at a time.  The special events form now only needs Michael Bond's signature
> and to be submitted.
>
> The Monongahela room is still reserved this wednesday from 8:00PM to 10:00
> PM. The open forum format of the last meeting seemed to work very well.  It
> was informative and everyone had a chance to voice their input and bring up
> the topics that they wanted to discuss.  Unless someone has a specific
> topic that they would like to speak on I propose that we use the same
> format for this meeting.
>
> Hit me with the feedback.
>
> Craig Schiffbauer
>
> On Monday 26 September 2005 07:55, Michael Bond wrote:
> > We all set for this? Its only 2 days away now.
> >
> > I haven't heard any other news about it, or seen any fliers up.
> >
> > Mike.
> > [email protected]
> >
> > On Sep 14, 2005, at 12:45 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> > > When: Wednesday, September 28  -- Weekends are a bad time for the
> > > college
> > > community.  People party, people go home for the weekend, and football
> > > Saturdays are sacred.  I think attendence will be better on a weekday.
> > >
> > > Time: 6-11? If you can't get linux on your system and learn how to get
> > > around in 5 hours, you probably need to buy some new hardware.
> > >
> > > Where: Mountainlair...when I request the room I'll probably ask for
> > > something "bigger than last time, with bigger tables...and wired
> > > internet"
> > >
> > > Other details can be worked out now, but I need the when/where so I
> > > can
> > > reserve the room.
> > >
> > > Ideas?
> > >
> > > Sorry if I'm sounding mean, it's past my bedtime.  :P
> > >
> > > Craig Schiffbauer
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