[nflug] community GNU/Linux education

[Eric Benoit]

What is the lowest age group that could attend?

Daniel V wrote:
> Pete, I appreciate the suggestion. I hope to address
> this more completely this evening, but I did want to
> let you know that I am happy to cooperate with
> existing organizations. I don't want to try and
> re-invent the wheel, as it were. At the same time, I
> have learned from experience that a LUG is apt to not
> want to have anything to do with non-Linux topics, and
> I'm fine with that. I wish to advocate GNU/Linux and
> Open Source software in general, and the framework of
> that _may_ be beyond the scope of a LUG, or a mailing
> list. That remains to be seen, and I want to go by
> experimentation and then judge the results. 
> 
> People learn best by hands-on training. I can and have
> tried talking to people about GNU/Linux, and my
> experience has taught be that until one sees, one will
> not be impressed by just hearing about it. Also, if
> other entities haven't been able to get people
> actively into GNU/Linux, maybe it's time for a new
> approach. 
> 
> thanks for your time,
> Daniel Villarreal
> 
> 
> --- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
> 
>>>  
>>
> Hello Daniel,
> Just a suggestion but why don't you work with what is
> already here, this LUG! The physical meetings have
> pretty much dried up because of time constraints on
> the likes of Bob, myself and others that have come up
> to the plate to host/organize the physical meetings of
> the NFLUG. I get asked all the time, when's there
> going to be another meeting? etc.. 
> 
> If you have the time I'm sure all here would support
> you in seeing that 
> the physical meetings resume. I for one really like
> them because you can 
> get such a different angle speaking to different
> people about Linux (cause there's like a gazillion
> ways to do something in Linux and you might like the
> way someone else has found, etc.).
> What do you all think?
> BTW, my son and fellow NFLUG member Jesse is getting
> married today!!! 
> (he already has his new wife converted to Linux, of
> course ;)) That's my 
> boy!
> 
> 
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