[HLUG] Linux presentation day Apr 30

Ann Tether catether at talktalk.net
Fri Feb 5 21:48:38 UTC 2016


Ignore me I am a bit daft today and did not look at the subject heading. 
Where are you thinking of holding the day?
Ann

On 05/02/16 21:46, Ann Tether wrote:
> Which date are you looking at Julian?
> Ann
>
>
> On 05/02/16 17:54, Julian Robbins wrote:
>> Hi Ann
>>
>> Nice idea but the idea is that all these events are held on the same 
>> day to
>> create an 'event' to create more publicity ..
>>
>> JUlian
>>
>>
>> On 5 February 2016 at 16:13, Ann Tether <catether at talktalk.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe we could do something in Grange Court in the summer, it might
>>> encourage young people to come along as well. I am sure Dick Ellison 
>>> would
>>> be supportive as it would be a community event and something 
>>> different. As
>>> long as we were not too techie it would be an interesting day.
>>> Ann
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 05/02/16 12:50, Julian Robbins wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I mentioned at last meeting briefly.
>>>>
>>>> There is a new event in the Linux calendar very popular in Germany 
>>>> Austria
>>>> and Switzerland and growing. They want to increase the global reach 
>>>> and
>>>> want uk lugs to get involved.
>>>>
>>>> The event Linux-presentation-day.org offers a general introduction 
>>>> to the
>>>> general public and open source.
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps we can do an event ie demoing Linux on lots of platforms or
>>>> chromebooks raspberry pi. skipware builds etc
>>>>
>>>> The idea is to simply introduce folk to Linux and open source and help
>>>> support them on their journey.
>>>>
>>>> Might be good to have a different event but only if we can get enough
>>>> people on board for the event to run and promote it properly ...
>>>>
>>>> What do the group think ? Are we up for this ?
>>>>
>>>> Julian
>>>>
>>>
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