Re: LUG: Schedule for the coming semester - ideas - Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:53:22 -0500

Subject : Re: LUG: Schedule for the coming semester - ideas

From : Jack Neely <jjneely@ncsu.[redacted]>

Date : Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:53:22 -0500

> Nilbus, any thoughts on meeting topics? ajray/Jack, interested in presenting
> on Realm Linux? ik, how about an introduction to Perl and how it compares to
> other languages?

I'd do a Realm Linux presentation at some point. There will shortly be
some new realm linuxy tools to talk about. When are meeting nowadays?

Jack

>
> -Brian
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Alexander Ray <alexjray.ncsu@gmail.[redacted]>wrote:
>
> > Time to start talkin about what we're doing this semester. Here's my
> > thoughts on it
> >
> > Realm Linux - Dr. Warren Jasper. This needs to be later in the semester so
> > Dr. Jasper can reserve a room in CoT (they need adequate warning). This is
> > where its been tested and developed and means no demo failure! come out and
> > see the future of ncsu-flavored linux.
> >
> > Not a presentation but related:
> > FOSS Fair - Dunno if Jack Neely's doing this again this year, but we should
> > *probably* show up and do something to support it this year. Personally I'd
> > be all for volunteering/helping if it got me outta class for the day (which
> > means i can see *all* the talks i want to, instead of the ones i could make
> > like last year).
> >
> > Possibly related to the above:
> > ANTI-E115/ Linux101/ whatever: Freshmen enter the college of engineering
> > forced to learn a kludgy, text-based interface to old legacy infrastructure
> > that generally leaves the impression that Linux is for the intensely
> > masochistic. while this may or may not be the case, we could at the very
> > least put some kind of presentation/demo/learning experience together to
> > show people what Linux *really* is. This could be in conjunction with a
> > talk, with an installfest, with the FOSS Fair, or completely standalone.
> > Regardless of how it's done, my vote is that we need this, at the very
> > least to get more exposure to the broader campus.
> >
> > Not a talk (but maybe a possibility):
> > Whether you like or dislike RHEL and/or Fedora, you have to admit Red Hat
> > is one of the most well-known and successful Linux-based companies. And
> > their global HQ is right next to us! *They* have an interest in getting
> > Linux more widely accepted in the community. *We* have an interest in
> > getting Linux more widely accepted in the community. Maybe we should work
> > together. (I know we have more than a few LUGgers and Alumni who
> > worked/work for RedHat, maybe they can help).
> >
> > ADVERTISING!
> > we need moar ads. personally i wouldnt mind carrying chaulk with me and
> > chaulking upcoming LUG meetings around where I go to class. Better than
> > that are pretty print ads we can post, and pretty HTML ads we can email.
> > Most colleges/departments have some kind of 'announce' mailing lists, and
> > we can take advantage of these for big talks (like LaTeX last semester ...
> > heh... ). Break out of that nerdy shell, and get us some newbs!
> >
> > Projects!
> > New idea (sorta): LUG Projects. A lot of us work on random little things
> > anyways (checkout all the bots in our IRC room), so why not make them lug
> > events? "Get together and hack on project X". yes/no/maybe? Maybe this
> > would be better titled Hackfests. this (to me) is more of 'we shall see' for
> > the coming semester.
> >
> > TALKS- what i remember getting bumped, or just talked about:
> > Encryption&Linux - Mark (_ohm)
> > ...
> >
> > ~AlexR
> >
> >

--
Jack Neely <jjneely@ncsu.[redacted]>
Linux Czar, OIT Campus Linux Services
Office of Information Technology, NC State University
GPG Fingerprint: 1917 5AC1 E828 9337 7AA4 EA6B 213B 765F 3B6A 5B89

Replies :

Re: LUG: Schedule for the coming semester - ideas