[Wolves] IMPORTANT:Handing over the reigns...

[James Daley]

Their are a couple (at least) of people at the uni that are advocates of using Linux, and a lot of the systems use it.Adam something or other (i`ll find out) was trying to start a uni LUG and Matt Green is also in charge of the linux systems and a fan of openSSH.I`ll try and find out more...James Dalley

> Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:35:14 +0000> From: davmor2 at gmail.com> To: wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk> Subject: Re: [Wolves] IMPORTANT:Handing over the reigns...> > > Wolverhampton University is a largely untapped source> > for a few reasons:> >> > 1) From personal experience I know that if you put> > posters up they get taken down within 24 hours.> > 2) The biggest Linux figure in the SCIT, Peter Burden> > has now left and I'm not sure who the Linux movers and> > shakers are these days. As far as I know, his> > pro-Linux approach has not been replaced sadly.> > 3) Linux was barely mentioned on my degree until the> > final year (and only then thanks to Peter Burden). I> > believe it is now covered early on in the degree and> > probably by Brian Penfold.> > 4) Something that I found very strange was that there> > aren't many students interested in Linux. I met maybe> > 4 or 5 in 4 years and 2 of those, I introduced them to> > it.> > 5) Some people just aren't sociable enough to get> > involved.> >> > It would be good to ask whoever introduces students to> > Linux to point them in our direction. I'll see if I> > can find out who this might be.> >> > I remember seeing, after I left, a defunct University> > of Wolverhampton LUG and it turns out that I know> > someone who knows the person who set this up. I found> > it strange that a University Lug wanted to be separate> > and distinct from an already thriving LUG. I'm just> > trying to work out whether there was a reason why the> > guy felt that they should be separate from us.> >> > Anyway, I'll see if I can get hold of someone and ask> > him who would be best to approach to have them point> > interested students at us and how we could advertise> > at the uni.> >> That would be Fantastic Adam Thanks> > > -- > Seek That Thy Might Know> > _______________________________________________> Wolves LUG mailing list> Homepage: http://www.wolveslug.org.uk/> Mailing list: Wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk> Mailing list home: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/wolves
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