[lugm.org] A mini-conference on Linux, other OSS and their merits

[PC The Great]

my two cents.

Why organize a mini-conference?
 To get some media attention.

Why not enhance our monthly meetings with features that are friendly
to our target audience?
Good idea that should be kept... but a meeting can't last the whole
day till late night hence give a chance to people who can't attend the
meeting the time we made it usually...

What will happen when
      the mini-conference be over?
      resume to our usual meeting, we probably might get some more
members, and later on decide to make another event... when we get the
financing and feel it is time to do it.


Avinash get another similar comment in his blog?

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 8:15 AM, <aadil at lavabit.com> wrote:
> Why organize a mini-conference?  Why not enhance our monthly meetings with
> features that are friendly to our target audience?  What will happen when
> the mini-conference be over?  Will we resume our monthly meeting until
> Avinash get another similar comment in his blog?
>
> We could modify our meeting schedule as follow:
> - Technical presentation (for beginner, intermediate or advanced depending
> on the topic)
> - Beginners workshops (where we teach people real-world examples of FS/OSS
> like a Apache log formats for eg)
> - Library
> - Administrative topics
>
> Of course, we'll have to discuss about it.
>
> Aadil.
>
>> the next meeting hasn't been set yet, shall talk to the president
>> about it and set it.
>>
>> "we'll just have to have Partition Magic handy" <-- omg!
>>
>> the mini conference is really needed.. but we need to plan it well.
>> Won't be something easy organize, hope we get all members on this one.
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 3:45 PM, <aadil at lavabit.com> wrote:
>>> It's high time to organize a strategy not a mini-conference.
>>>
>>> Let's do talk at the next meeting.
>>>
>>> Aadil.
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Just got this comment on my blog that I want to share:
>>>> http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2009/06/19/brand-new-linux-user-group-of-mauritius-website/#comment-198156
>>>>
>>>> I think he's somewhat right. We do not have a strategy towards
>>>> beginners yet. I think it's high time to organise a mini-conference on
>>>> Linux, other OSS and their merits. We'll have, say, four 1-hour
>>>> presentations on various topics for different audiences (beginners,
>>>> "deciders", geeks, etc.) as well as allow people to bring their PCs
>>>> for Linux installation (we'll just have to have Partition Magic handy
>>>> :-)
>>>>
>>>> When are we supposed to meet next? We have to talk.
>>>>
>>>> Avinash
>>>>
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>>>>
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