On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 01:23:07PM -0600, Lisa L wrote: > 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). A quick chat outside the the beer sig last week and we talked about the possibility of running a Linux for kids event or workshop at a time when kids could actually participate. I'd like to see something like the recent Maker Faire, with a fun variety of open-source related displays for kids. This could be games, beginner programming languages, robotics, drawing/arts, music, web site devel., photography, etc... > 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 slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <hpv.tricolour.net> <www.TriColour.net> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________