Kind thanks to you Rob, and Jean-François Messier as well, for sending your helpful notes and great ideas from our discussion last meeting. For those not present, discussion revolved around how to attract and keep new members. Many valuable insights were shared, by newcomers and folks who have been with us since our humble beginnings, about stepping up our outreach to users of other operating systems, increasing our coverage of beginner-friendly topics, and providing opportunities for them to consult us with problems in person. Thank you all for your constructive input. Does anyone else have notes/ideas they would like to contribute? Please share. These will be a topic of discussion at the next board meeting (Jan 17). I'll be forwarding Jean-François' message shortly. I wrote some long and messy notes, which I will clean up and send along as well. Cheers, Lisa On 9 January 2011 07:57, Rob Echlin <rob [ at ] echlin [ dot ] ca> wrote: > Hi > I have the following notes from the meeting and beer sig. Lisa and others may > have more. > > 1) > Proposed that OCLUG create a Linux install Cd for use at the Ottawa Public > Libraries, to be distributed by C4C. > - Suggested that Mint Linux might be better because it is a small install > - Suggested that it be one that provides easy Dialup internet access > - Eric had a bad experience with this recently - was that Ubuntu? > - The firefox install on the CD should be modified to provide links to: > - Public Library > - City of Ottawa > - C4C > - OCLUG? > - Background of the installer should be changed to promote Ottawa, possibly C4C > and library again > > Interested people: > - Rob Echlin > - Jean-Francois Messier > - Lisa > - Eric > - Dave Sampson > > 2) > Topics for meetings - I think Lisa has these > - basically, intro level topics in a number of areas > - Kids computing presentation > - Possibly split our space and have a second room for the last half of the > evening > - hands-on workshops as part of our session > > 3) > C4C is looking for hardware modems - "in quantity" to serve the thousands of > people who can't afford hi-speed > > 4) > I think there was another topic... > > Rob > > -- > Rob Echlin, B. Eng. > 613-266-8311 - Ottawa, ON > Blog: http://talksoftware.wordpress.com/ > - I am a software developer and proponent of Agile Software Development > processes. > - Agile delivers: faster to market, higher quality, what the customer actually > needs. More satisfying, more fun! > > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > -- One only needs two tools in life: WD-40 to make things go, and duct tape to make them stop. ~ G. Weilacher Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together. ~ Carl Zwanzig