[NTLUG:Discuss] NTLUG veterans helping Linux newbies?

[Charles Jacobus]

AMEN!
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: B. DEGRASSE <bdegrasse at home.com>
To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] NTLUG veterans helping Linux newbies?


> I agree with the original posting, it is difficult coming up to speed.
How
> about a newbie email list where truely dumb questions can be asked.
>
> Bruce
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Coker <Alex.Coker at ipaper.com>
> To: discuss at ntlug.org <discuss at ntlug.org>
> Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 8:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] NTLUG veterans helping Linux newbies?
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> >This idea has merit and supports the idea of small groups meeting outside
> of the
> >regular NTLUG meeting.
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> >Steve Baker <sjbaker1 at airmail.net> on 02/22/2000 01:13:22 AM
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> >Please respond to discuss at ntlug.org
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> >To:   discuss at ntlug.org
> >cc:    (bcc: Alex Coker/Dallas/IPAPER)
> >Subject:  Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] NTLUG veterans helping Linux newbies?
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> >Chris Cox wrote:
> >>
> >> And...perhaps as an ongoing thing....we set aside every 3rd
> >> meeting to do these kind of beginner focused settings....
> >
> >> > Maybe we should plan an all-out assult to move several hundred raw
> >> > newbies to 'basic competent user' status?
> >
> >Hmmm - it's a good idea - but to get several hundred newbies into
> >groups of 'several' each will require that we have ~100 machines
> >set up running Linux at Nokia - even spread out over several months,
> >that's still a pretty massive undertaking.  Also, it's likely that
> >some such sessions would take longer than our normal meetings allow
> >and that some newbies would want to learn network skills that would
> >be hard to do at Nokia's facility without a lot of outside phone lines.
> >
> >When you stop to think about it, why do we really need to do that
> >all in one big session?  Why not distribute the load?
> >
> >Perhaps it would be better to have beginners host 'newbie nights' at
> >their homes rather than dragging 50 to 100 computers to some central
> >location.  This would work especially well if one of the newbies
> >was to provide the location (and beer and such) - invite over
> >a couple of fellow beginners at a similar level of development who
> >live locally and perhaps have similar end-uses for Linux in mind.
> >
> >They would then ask NTLUG to pull one of our more expert users from
> >a pool of volunteers to turn up to be the evening's "Guru".  If all
> >the volunteer has to do is show up, talk Linux for a couple of hours
> >in a friendly environment (and get free beer), I think you'd get
> >quite a few takers for that.  Of course this implies that the
> >beginner has Linux already installed and basically running.
> >
> >Forming such small groups would also (I suspect) provide for
> >a measure of 'self help' as an ongoing thing - especially if
> >people are geographically close and have seen how they can
> >put away a six pack and still type 'fsck' without sniggering.
> >
> >   :-)
> >
> >The main contribution from NTLUG would be a database of
> >beginners needing help - in what part of the Metroplex
> >and with what needs - plus a database of guru's who would
> >offer to help - with some indication of what they are most
> >expert in and what days they can be free to help out.
> >
> >Perhaps NTLUG could offer a small prize for "The Most Helpful
> >Guru of the Month"...or some other kind of incentive to be
> >a mentor.
> >
> >--
> >Steve Baker                  http://web2.airmail.net/sjbaker1
> >sjbaker1 at airmail.net (home)  http://www.woodsoup.org/~sbaker
> >sjbaker at hti.com      (work)
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