Introduction to Linux Class

[Jim Herrmann]

My wife has a great idea.

Following on the heels of our wildly successful ITEC booth, we should put 
together a program that introduces Linux to new people.  The West Wyandotte 
branch of the KCK library (my wife volunteers there) has occasional free 
"classes" for people to introduce them to various things, including computer 
stuff.  I'm sure we would be welcome to put on a Linux dog and pony show for 
any and all who would want to come.  We could schedule it for say January or 
February, which would give us time to prepare materials and to advertise.  We 
could do something like 2 hours of presentation, followed by Q&A.  This could 
be something we do at other libraries around the city once we have the 
presentation together.  I'm suggesting starting with WWKCKPL because my wife 
works there, and it's a really great, well equipped library with an excellent 
space for presentations.

So, is there interest within the group for putting in some time on an 
advocacy project like this?  This would involve content creation, doing the 
actual presentation, advertising, and answering questions.  There is probably 
more parts to this that I just haven't thought of yet, but that's part of the 
process, figuring out everything we would need to do to pull this off in a 
professional manner.  I'll help with all aspects of this project and 
coordinate it, but I need people to volunteer to do the grunt work, and 
provide the intellectual content.

Discuss this project on the list, and I'll sit back and listen to what you 
all have to say.  Remember to press "reply to all" then delete my address so 
that I don't get duplicates of your posts.

Peace, Love, and Linux,
Jim Herrmann