On Monday, January 10, 2011 05:49:41 pm Bruce Locke wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Robert Mark Wallace
> 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Maybe we should start identifying people who need help with basic
> > things, and run a special Saturday workshop for them.
> 
> As the person who organized the space for our last few MHVLUG "help"
> and "installfest" days I'm extremely skeptical an additional weekend
> session would work.  No one shows for them anymore.  My theory is that
> as the Internet evolved and Internet literacy has increased overall
> there isn't much need for these sessions anymore.

Agreed

> People seem to like the lightning talks so I'd suggest adding another
> 10-15 minute session before the main talk oriented towards end-user
> questions.  Perhaps an anonymous dropbox for questions could be setup
> with one volunteer a month pulling a question and spending the 10-15
> minute session answering it.  A little back and forth on this would
> move it past the "wouldn't it just be easier to Google it?" threshold.

I like the above suggestion -- I think that will work.

  -- Chris

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Chris Knadle
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