<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">A prime area for broadening the group would be schools, IT dept and students if only to raise awareness that there is another choice. Several IT students I've spoken to don't even know what Linux is, many haven't tried it. It seems all most are familiar with is Microsoft, Microsoft, Microsoft...</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: bob <bgarrood@tiscali.co.uk><BR>To: scarborough@mailman.lug.org.uk<BR>Sent: Wednesday, 5 September, 2007 10:21:34 AM<BR>Subject: [SLUG] Meetings<BR><BR>
<DIV>Hi,<BR><BR>At Monday's meeting we worked out ideas about future meetings. Here is a <BR>summary:<BR><BR> "Future Slug Meetings<BR><BR>Aims<BR><BR>We want to see new people join the group, and we need to structure the <BR>meetings to appeal to people who know little of Linux. We need to generate <BR>publicity. Finally we want to retain the convivial side of our meetings.<BR><BR>Name<BR><BR>We wanted to get away from the SLUG name for 2 reasons. First, while we <BR>remain part of SLUG, we accept that many members (some doing the most <BR>important work), cannot come regularly to meetings. Second, this has been a <BR>rainy summer, producing record numbers of slugs, and some do not like that. <BR>We agreed that they should be called SLG (Scarborough Linux Group) meetings. <BR><BR>Structure, Date, Place and Time<BR><BR>We decided
that we should split the meetings in two. A meeting for elementary <BR>topics called the Linux meeting, and another meeting for conviviality called <BR>the social meeting. The Linux meeting will be at 7.15pm on the first Monday <BR>of every month at the Blind centre in Dean Road. The social meeting will be <BR>at 7.45pm on the third Monday of each month at The Valley. The Linux meeting <BR>would take the form of a half hour talk on a topic announced in advance, <BR>followed by a half hour plus left for questions, discussion and whatever <BR>those who come want to do. In fact the next meeting will be a social <BR>meeting on Monday 15th October at the Valley.<BR><BR>Distributions<BR><BR>We would like to set up a list of distributions, contributed by people with <BR>experience, and who are happy to answer questions about them. It could <BR>include information on: ease
of installation, specifications needed, and <BR>suitability for beginners.<BR><BR>Poster<BR><BR>We want to create an A4 poster, that would publicise the Linux meetings in the <BR>library, and local schools."<BR><BR>Some more details will follow. Comments, suggestions and objections are <BR>welcome.<BR><BR>Bob</DIV></DIV>
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