Sounds good, I like the t-shirts idea. I hadn't thought about the Mello in a while but it is a good open (no pun intended) venue for people to come along :)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Andrew Williams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andy@tensixtyone.com">andy@tensixtyone.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 04:10:53PM +0000, Dan Lynch wrote:<br>
> Paintball? That'll break the ice :D Nah I'm messing obviously. This is a<br>
> good idea. I'm happy to try and help people out and we have to try and be<br>
> approachable, I would like to think as a LUG we are. We welcome new folks<br>
> but I think perhaps non technical people are worried or scared it'll be too<br>
> techy for them. As if we'll all laugh at them for not knowing something.<br>
> Netbook workshops could be a good idea. I'd be up for that.<br>
<br>
</div>+1, I can understand the words "User Group" strike fear into the people<br>
who are not technical, unfortunatly these words seem to be stuck in the<br>
era of stuffy rooms and meetings with lots of people wearing ties...<br>
<br>
A approachable workgroup session would be good, something informal and<br>
friendly.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
><br>
> Where would we do it though? We'd need an accessible venue for people and<br>
> maybe we could do it like an alternative version of an installfest. People<br>
> bring along their netbook and we help them get to grips with Linux, explain<br>
> some of the basics they may be missing in a friendly but not cendescending<br>
> way if we can. We'll have to try and strike the right balance.<br>
<br>
</div>Liverpool is actually rammed full of these venues, strange as it may<br>
sound. After a recent discussion with one of the guys from SoundNetwork<br>
I remembered about Mello Mello, in my opinion it would be excellent<br>
location to hold a event of this style.<br>
<br>
I think we could easily setup this type of event as a "open forum", no<br>
strict talks, just a gathering of people discussing issues they have and<br>
various other topics. Organise the event so it's easily accessible, make<br>
sure you indicate who the organisers are and who can answer questions.<br>
Maybe some T-shirts with "Ask Me About Netbooks!" or something.<br>
<br>
Just throwing it out there, but i'm all up to organise something.<br>
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