I wonder if it is worth setting up a webpage that users can request a topic for a talk/demo and possibly where other users can register topics they are willing to talk about. One problem with doing this on the mailing list is things can easily get lost, and not every one is configurable with requesting talks in it (especially newer users) having a nice web interface might help with this and formalise the process abit.
I might be able to give some talks/demos about the command line, shell scripting, intro to archlinux, basic package management, systemd, raspberry pi, and possibly other areas, but it would help to know what people wanted from these talks/demos. On 28 January 2013 21:12, Andy Smith <a...@strugglers.net> wrote: > Hi Ally, > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 03:15:13PM +0000, Ally Biggs wrote: > > This is why I haven't attended any meets as I know I would be out of my > depth. Or talks would be given on subjects I'm not interested In and would > be bored senseless. > > Conversely I think that many people (myself included) are put off > from doing presentations because they feel they aren't expert enough > in any area to pitch something of interest. > > I'm not sure what the answer is. > > > A making the transition from windows to Linux workshop would be very > popular covering areas such as installation. Beginners guide to the Cli, > package management etc. > > I do think that the rest of the LUG needs to know there is a demand > for this sort of thing at the time that the meetings are being > planned, so that we have time to plan a talk or a round table or > whatever. > > This does rely on newbies speaking up (at least on a wiki page or > similar) when the meetings are being planned. Traditionally this > does not happen. > > Cheers, > Andy > > -- > http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Michael Daffin <james1...@gmail.com>
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