Scream louder and often Mige - Steve gets around to reading his mail every so often ;) On Thursday 13 December 2001 16:53, you wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Derek Neighbors" > To: > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 4:37 PM > Subject: Re: Possible project (was Re: US states want MS Office ported > toLinux (fwd)) > > > What is it that you are gonna demo exactly? Im just curious, as having a > > few people stand around a terminal and just bag on how horrible microsoft > > is, isnt very effective evangelism. > > > > Not saying that is what would be done or what is proposed, but if there > > isnt something 'specific' that one has in mind to actually demonstrate or > > speak on, I can see it easily turning into that. Not because our > > representatives would want that, but generally the public is pissed at > > microsoft and if you explain that its an alternative they will be quick > > to start listing the evils m$ has done to them, and lets face it, its > > hard to not sympathize with that. ;) > > > > On that note, a rep from a Nashville LUG has invited some of our team > > (GNUe) to come speak for them. In speaking more with their group they > > have a KILLER concept. They are doing FREE CLASSES on GNU/Linux. Where > > they make REAL course material and schedule a semester and require a book > > etc. They are then turning the courses out as free for other LUGS to use > > and are making a system to schedule classes etc etc etc. > > > > I think something like this would be WONDERFUL. Especially for > > 'newbies'/'programmers'. I was thinking of perhaps making course > > material for a 8 or 12 week course on GNOME 101 or PYTHON 101. When I > > hear things like this Fry's marketing, it would make sense if we were > > offerring such courses to be able to offer them to 'learn more'. An > > install fest for example is nice, but it puts GNU/Linux on their machine > > and then 'what do they do with it', if we had something like LINUX BASICS > > or something the first week or two would be install and get devices > > working and the the rest of the weeks would be getting up to speed on the > > desktop and environment etc... > > > > Just some ideas. Brian maybe sequioa could let us use some rooms for > > this kind of stuff? We could even offer the courses to their students > > and their families if they so desired. > > > > --Derek > > As a voice for the West Side would like to see this at GCC maybe ... > > Install fests are a good start but i agree why stop there? ... > > Ive already mailed people about idea's for the westside but am yet to get > responses from people at the top ... ( Maybe im not shouting loud enough > .. ) .. > > Everyone after the Shuffle at the top were putting idea's in for making > Plug more active and recognised well it aint gunna happen until people stop > talking and take action ... > > Nige > > > On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Jim wrote: > > > The toughest thing to do is to get people to commit time for an > > uspecified > > > > time. If a time gets firmed up, you can almost always get bodies to > > help. > > > > On Thursday 13 December 2001 14:47, you wrote: > > > > "der.hans" wrote: > > > > > I might be able to get us in Frys in Tempe as well. We've got to > > have > > > > > > volunteers who will commit to supporting the demos if we go into > > Frys. > > > > > Maybe I could commit to 4 hours if the timing were right. > > > > > > > > Vic > > > > ________________________________________________ > > > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail > > doesn't > > > > > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > ________________________________________________ > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss