[NTLUG:Discuss] NTLUG veterans helping Linux newbies?

[Kevin Brannen]

Bobby Wrenn wrote:
> 
> Good point. Maybe we could get a few of you more seasoned types to
> gather with us less informed during the LIP time at the monthly meeting.
> I would also be glad to host a newbie night (Pizza included) in order to
> get a guru to my house.
> 
> I know there are a lot of people out there who want to help. We just
> have to find the best forum anf format for teaching/learning to happen.

Just to point out the obvious in case it's not, you'll also need to
match problems (topics) to the teacher.  For example, while I might be
willing to demonstrate/teach/pontificate/be-quizzed/etc on development
or X11, I'd still consider myself a newbie in the networking area (thank
goodness for the HOWTOs. :-)

Kevin

> MadHat wrote:
> snip------------->
> > pages.  I think we do a pretty good job when we can.  But there is only
> > so much we can do as a group over email.  It isn't always easy to
> > express abstract ideas via written text, without direct interaction.
> >  --
> snip------------>