[Wiltshire] Meetings for absolute beginners

[Dianne Reuby]

Apparently Borders bookshop in the North Swindon Orbital shopping centre
are asking if local groups want to meet in their in-store Starbucks.
They're open until 9pm Monday to Saturday. I don't think they're
charging - I imagine it's just a way of getting potential customers
through the doors.

This could be an opportunity for anyone in the area to follow the same
plan that Dave and Simon use in West Swindon.

http://www.borderslocal.co.uk/swindon/

Dianne


On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 19:19 +0100, David Fletcher wrote:
> I've started another thread, because the other one seems to mainly concern the 
> already converted.
> 
> Would it be worth while for others to try doing the same as myself and Simon 
> Fryer? We placed an article in the local free magazine to tell people what 
> free software is, and invite anybody interested to come along to have a chat 
> at our (now just my) local. We generated several visitors on the first 
> evening, and now we tend to get either one or two coming along most times. 
> Not a large number of people I know, but it means that absolute beginners can 
> get a 1:1 session for free with somebody who might not be a guru, but at 
> least already knows the basics of downloading, burning iso files to CDs, 
> installing, setting up email, security, etc.
> 
> It doesn't have to be done in association with Wilts LUG or anybody else, it 
> can be a completely separate local arrangement, but if it generates some new 
> users who want to try using Linux but don't know how or don't have the 
> confidence to get started, it's a well worthwhile thing to do.
> 
> Dave
> 
>