[cumbria_lug] Ideas for meetings...

[Jen Phillips]

On Thursday 14 October 2004 8:17 pm, Russ Phillips wrote:

> > Also, there are now a new bunch on students in the county at the various
> > colleges and uni campuses - I know there are no real computer courses
> > (apart from Carlisle College and possibly West Cumbria), but is there
> > someway we could 'target' them to let them know about the LUG and FOSS
> > in general?
>
> Probably too late for freshers fairs. But, if the computing lecturers
> are FOSS-friendly (mine were - my first experience of Linux was at uni,
> and one wore a different Linux t-shirt for each lecture) then they might
> be willing to mention us to their classes.
>

My experience of computing courses at Carlisle College was less than 
impressive. I seem to recall that I taught the teacher one or two things, and 
I generally got the impression that her knowledge of computers was as a power 
user and nothing more.

I'll see if I can find out anything about the Student's Union around here.

Hugs,

Jen