Although I'm in Japan, count me in :) satya
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Yang Jerng HWA <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Wikey, > > To your question: > > I think the nature of the meetup should (for now) be primarily* about > first-mile user-education*, so installation and troubleshooting queries > about Ubuntu would take priority. > > Of course, if there's a mailing list/forum/FB group (I definitely prefer > the latter), people can project in advance what they want to discuss - and > then go get their own coffee table during the weekly meeting - no problems > there. If somehow we have enough attendees that we get at at least one party > going off to discuss user-land kernel hacks in a corner - I think it'd be an > over-achievement already. > > And yes, I completely imagined this being in a *public location* for ease > of access - also, it's good for branding and visibility (i.e. spreading the > meme, and getting it to go viral). > > > Other thoughts: > > > - This is basically about *fixing the last-mile of open-source software > propagation*. Most people don't get into FOSS because they're not geeky > enough by nature - so why don't we help them by meeting up face to face and > de-geeking the technology a little bit? > - In the not-too-distant future I might want to set up a company > dealing in Ubuntu, Xen, and Open PAASes - but this sort of event would > definitely be non-profit, i.e. social work by geeks for the general public. > Perhaps this sort of event would be incubated by the new company (anyone > who > didn't like that affiliation could obviously fork the event, and set up > their own social work centre elsewhere :P). > - Another idea is to set up an F&B thing, a bar or cafe type place > which is themed as a social centre for this sort of social work by geeks > for > the public. This would be for-profit - but attendance at such events would > be free, since the tech-support would be crowd-sourced. > > > "I am interested in helping non-geeks with Ubuntu, for free" Sheet (once we > hit 15 people, I'll set up the FB page): > > - Jerng <[email protected]> > - Wikey Lim <[email protected]> > - Umarzuki Mochlis <[email protected]> > > > Jerng > > --- > Yang Jerng HWA > +6 016 235 2931 > Kuala Lumpur (GMT +8:00) > > > > On 14 April 2011 10:36, Wikey Lim <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Jerng, > > > > I like idea 1, especially the hairdresser part :). IMHO, VM/Cloud > > is an area that if you need it, chances are you have the skill to > > search/learn by yourself, so it is more of a G4G (geeks for geeks). > > > > So, what is the nature of the meetup? Is it a: > > 1. Troubleshooting clinic where people come with their machines > > with all kinds of problems to be fixed (antivirus, install Linux, > > etc.) or; > > 2. We choose a topic (GIMP, LibreOffice, etc.) and people who like > > to learn it can attend (no troubleshooting on your WiFi setting or > > whatsoever)? > > > > I would also suggest that if the meetup is a troubleshooting style > > it is to be held in a public venue so that people are more comfortable > > to drop by with their valuable machines. > > > > My RM0.02, of course. > > > > > > regards, > > Wikey > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Hwa, Yang Jerng <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Ok - let me reiterate and clarify my intentions a bit here: > > > 1. Spec > > > Achieve higher Ubuntu adoption by non-software-professionals > > > > > > Possible Solution Architecture > > > Organise weekly meetups where at least 1 experienced Ubuntu user is > present, > > > and able to provide free tech-support to n00bs and hairdressers et al. > > > Disclaimer > > > This means that if you're not interested in providing free tech-support > to > > > n00bs and hairdressers et al. you should not bother replying to this > thread. > > > :) > > > > > > 2. Spec > > > Achieve higher VM/cloud-computing adoption by software professionals: > > > Possible Solution Architecture > > > Organise weekly meetups where at folks with any interest or experience > in > > > this can show up, try to set up hive-minds in 2 hours, and go home > having > > > learnt something about it. > > > 3. Disclaimer > > > If > > > > > > - you're not interested in exploring ANY of these topics on a weekly > basis, > > > or > > > - you're not interested in spending lots of time with non-techies about > > > these topics > > > > > > you should not bother replying to this thread. > > _______________________________________________ > > general mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.foss.org.my/mailman/listinfo/general > > > _______________________________________________ > general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.foss.org.my/mailman/listinfo/general > >
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