[Gllug] Basic Linux training courses. Any suggestions?

[Sean Tohill]

sorry for not replying. i've been busy with work and getting a proposal 
for funding finished. i've been filtering gllug emails into a file to read 
and deal with next week.

On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, Colin Murphy wrote:

> On Thursday 12 October 2006 10:25, Paul M wrote:
>> On 12/10/06, Sean Tohill <S.Tohill at westminster.ac.uk> wrote:
>>> anyone willing to put together a basic linux course for the next gllug
>>> meeting in a few weeks can have use of a room of debian systems and a
>>> data projector.
>>
>> Whats the timing on this? I've taught these sort of courses before and
>> would be willing to do it, but I'm tied up for the next fortnight and
>> will need to have time to prepare.
>

i don't think we have a confirmed date for the next meeting, which was 
going to be a student and 'newbies' meeting. i have suggested 11th 
november. could you have it ready for then? if yes we can offer it as an 
incentive to attendees.

> Hopefully someone else, someone more official, may have picked up on your
> reply to Sean about teaching courses at Westminster with/through/for GLLUG.
> I know how these things sometimes get buried, so I'm keen not to see any
> opportunity lost.

i'm not sure of charging people at a gllug event but we could add a basic 
linux course to our UOW courses if we have someone willing to teach it. 
various options come to mind: 5 weeks, one evening per week; 10 weeks, one 
evening per week; one day saturday. i'm not sure what our payment rate is 
currently (30-35 pounds?) and how good our marketing is at the moment. 
there would need to be a minimum number of attendees but it seems several 
group members already know of people wanting to learn.

follow up courses beyond basic level might be useful too.

regards

sean


>
> Your offer for help would be very much appreciated.  We are lucky enough to
> have the Uni lecture theatres as a venue for our meetings, but we can also
> arrange for access to the computer labs.  Unfortunately we have failed to
> really capitalise on this facility through lack of purpose.  Having a course
> on something, anything, would make all of a difference.
>
> Timing is not an issue for us; it's your time and we would be grateful for any
> little bit of it we might get.  I'm sure the group would follow whatever lead
> and pace you might set.
>
> That's our position.  Are you still interested in running a course for the
> group?
>
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