[OS:N:] Re: GSC-C101

["Ken Meyer" <kmeyer blarg net>]

Jay --

I'm really not qualified to give classes on Linux, but I certainly could
make some connections to folks who are -- that has seemed to be my role in
promoting OSS, so I don't have much discretionary left to increase my own
expertise to the necessary levels.  I know that there are various
organizations locally that purport to teach seniors about using computers,
and I'm really interested in observing what the general level of
comprehension is, i.e. where to pitch a presentation, given various teaching
approaches and techniques.  I could handle generic info about computing and
the availability of resources.

LFNW was excellent as usual, but it gets more frustrating as the session
schedule "flattens-out".  That is, this year, there were only four
time-slots with about 12 sessions in each one.  That means that there were
over 40 presentations, of which you could attend only 4 (10%) in full, but
maybe 8 (20%) if you ran around and were willing to fill in the blanks.
This is all in the interests of spreading out the attendees, so as to
minimize the angst of the school administrators over gross overcrowding
violations of fire codes, so it's hard to know how to fix this, other than
repeating the whole thing on Sunday, maybe, or even starting earlier than
10:00 AM and/or going later than 4:00 PM.

A number of presenters are posting their slides, usually on their own sites,
but should eventually (not yet) be linked from:

	http://www.linuxnorthwest.org

You can also find the presenters' messages in the list archives of the
fest's mail list, giving the locations at which their slides are posted.

	http://www.peakserv.com/mailman/listinfo/fest-list

Also, there was some video recorded, which may show up on a streaming server
sooner or later, depending on the quality of the vids and availability of
bandwidth.

Of course, Pogo Linux provided buses from Seattle again, the raffle was
great, including about eight VMWare Workstations, a CrossOver Office,
beaucoup books, colo hosting free time, etc., etc. -- and maybe above all,
the fest is an opportunity to see some friends, and to put some faces on the
e-mail sources.

For another angle on the fest, see:

	http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/05/02/1349212.shtml?tid=2&tid=18

Ken Meyer


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[mailto:open-source-now-list-bounces redhat com]On Behalf Of Jay
Scherrer
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 9:05 AM
To: kmeyer blarg net
Cc: Open source advocacy in education and government

Subject: [OS:N:] Re: GSC-C101

Yes, I do: GSLUG it although in-frequently.

On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 08:42 -0700, Ken Meyer wrote:

> Jay, I'd be interested in knowing when you are going to teach this
class --
> maybe ask if I could come and kibitz for awhile.

Does this mean you want to help teach a class? If so you would be more
then welcome. I was going to present to the List (opensourcenow.org) a
success story: Of how I'm winning, turning an all Windows environment
into a community open sourced solution :-)

PS. How was the NWLinuxfest?

Jay Scherrer

> Do you ever attend the Greater Seattle Linux User Group meetings?
>
> 	http://www.gslug.org
>
> Ken Meyer
> 206-361-5057