Introduction to Linux Class
Brian Densmore
DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com
Wed Nov 14 15:38:48 CST 2001
Count me in. Let me know what you need. I will also attend the 20th if
there is a gathering for this.
Brian
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Herrmann [mailto:Jim at itdepends.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 11:07 PM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: Introduction to Linux Class
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
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