From kragen@dnaco.net Fri Jul 31 23:48:49 1998 Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 23:48:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Kragen To: unixsig@dmapub.dma.org Subject: Changing meeting format? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Keywords: X-UID: 942 Status: O X-Status: Appended to this mail is a message that was posted to comp.os.linux.announce. It might be nice if we could have more, well, exciting meetings. So many amazing things are happening in Linux these days -- I don't have anything approaching a comprehensive list, let alone time to install them all -- and it'd be nice if people could demo them at meetings. The last one I attended (when we installed OpenBSD on someone's Sparc) was somewhat good in this way. Demo ideas: TCFS, rplay, Coda, amanda, KDE, GNOME, GNUStep, Beowulf, WINE, TWIN, WrapBit/GNUotes/Casbah, various ICQ/IRC stuff, lxr.linux.no, one-floppy distributions, Big Brother (well, ok, better to demo that on the web), Xlab, VNC, CCF, the GIMP. Of the above, I have seen lxr.linux.no, Big Brother, and the GIMP in person. All of that other stuff intrigues me; some of it (notably WrapBit/GNUotes/Casbah) I don't even understand. Well, anyway, here's the message: From: John Goerzen (ACLUG) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce Subject: LOCAL: Wichita, KS: Perl; Monday, August 10 Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 10:30:01 GMT Message-ID: . . . . New meeting format - ------------------ Beginning on our August 10th (Perl) meeting, we'll have a new format. One issue that has been somewhat troublesome is making presentations interesting and useful for people with a wide range of Linux experiences. We want our meetings to be useful for as many people as possible, so our plan is this: For those of you that are starting out with Linux, or just interested in what Linux can do, please feel free to join us at 7:00 PM on each meeting date (every other Monday). We'll go over some Linux basics, have some Q&A, or give a bit of preparatory explanation before the evening's presentation -- whatever you would like. Our regular presentation will begin at 7:30 as it always has. Off course, if you can make it at 7, you're encouraged to stay for the whole program. You are welcome to arrive at either 7 or 7:30. Kragen