On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 06:01:00AM +0100, Syd Hancock wrote:
I too think Colin is making a lot of excellent points. I too think that ALUG could, if there are people will the time and skills available, do much more to promote linux in the region as well as being a self-support group.
I think that there are people with skills who could be forced to do technical things, but of course what we really need are people with admin skills to organise and make plans and gather ideas together to make it happen.
What we could do with is perhaps a few more people filling out http://www.alug.org.uk/contrib/?MembersDirectory then reading http://www.alug.org.uk/contrib/?HelpRequired and possibly someone start a page of HelpOffered and start to sling together a list of what people can do and that doesn't just mean technical people, admin skills, people who can take notes, write documentation that appeals to beginners etc. and translate techy speak would be great. Someone willing to co-ordinate this effort would be great (preferably someone is not technical and someone who is a newbie who can present what is needed in a sensible format to the people who are willing to teach).
What would be nice would be a talk from the people who want alug to give them more help and training for newbies. Who is willing to get together with a couple of other newbies to each explain for 5-10 minutes what they want/need etc. and then take a few questions at a meeting as one of the talks?
Adam