[kwlug-disc] Linux Conference

[William Park]

Are you talking about "courses" then?  There are lots of free online
courses about Linux and OSS.  How about organized schedule for group
class?  It would be interesting combination of PR, community building,
personal education, compared to each individual taking courses by
himself.  Classroom setting enforces some discipline which is absent
otherwise.
-- 
William

On Sat, Jun 06, 2015 at 09:25:53PM -0400, Colin Mills wrote:
> To be honest, I am trying to create a small foundation for a conference
> within the KW area. That will take work, and my expectations for the first
> few years would be to grow our attendance from 2-10. My goals are not
> lofty. The problem I see too often is that Linux (or UNIX) is often taught
> in a way that is non-communal and doesn't focus on a bigger scope (nor
> should it). One big aspect for me within the Open Source community is just
> that, the community. I mean sure, people may know how to use GDB and to use
> GCC to compile their programs as students or individuals. But its the
> people within the LUGS and BUGS that really get the communal aspect out
> there. Linux is a hobby for most, and many people are not exposed to the
> idea that people use Linux in your daily lives. I was thinking more or less
> marketing it towards both those who want to learn something new as well as
> those who only know Linux through school. KW I thought would make a prime
> target for this kind of conference due to its nature of education and
> academia. Most distros have a U Of W mirror, and I believe that it should
> be capitalized on.
> 
> 
> Another thing that I would just like to mention is that I have a couple of
> talks prepared myself. And even if we could get a bigger LUG event planned
> for most of the area it would be better then nothing. I am just looking for
> an accessible medium for everybody. Yet I know that it will take work and
> effort but I do believe it can be done. I just want to start a small
> platform that is in existence. If this means further developing the KWLUG
> to be bigger or to hold bigger events than that can be an option. I am just
> glad I am stirring conversation. Thanks to everyone for their participation.
> 
> * Just my two cents.
> 
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> Colin J. Mills (cjm)
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> 
> Software Engineering Technology
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> Canada
> 
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> On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 5:26 PM, B. S. <bs27975 at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Nick Guenther <nguenthe at uwaterloo.ca>
> > > To: KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
> > > Cc:
> > > Sent: Saturday, June 6, 2015 4:01 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Linux Conference
> > >
> > >
> > > ... . The more content we create (computer or otherwise) the
> > > more fractured we become.
> >
> > Hadn't thought of it that way, but that's a very interesting and salient
> > point.
> >
> > > ... I prefer
> >
> > > workshops and hackathons to presentations and advocacy; at least with
> > those you
> > > can come home with a new toy. Colin, could you incorporate that into
> > your plan?
> > >
> > > I wish there was OkC for programming collaborations.
> >
> > There's some resonance there I hadn't thought of in this thread -
> > workshops. Which, I think, has been oft asked for, in essence. I believe
> > within kwlug, but also in the wider community / area, as well. If a
> > workshop delivers 'a solution', it may well be OS agnostic as well,
> > interesting to a wider audience.
> >
> > I'm not talking installfests, although that isn't precluded. I'm minded of
> > the SFD (Software Freedom Day) seminars on photography (computer
> > post-processing / management, etc.) which seem to be well attended. (But
> > inevitably get bogged down in the early stages.) I could easily see the
> > same for Raspberry Pi's, although that may intrude upon kwartzlab. (But I
> > doubt they'd mind / would be interested in partnership.) I'm not suggesting
> > this is Colin's bent, but the general idea seems germane.
> >
> > Clearly costs can't be too much - Bob Day, IIRC, tried this having
> > purchased a number of laptops and offering seminars. I don't believe it
> > lasted all that long. I assume due to cost and to the difficulty of
> > gathering that many (kernel development?) interested attendees within this
> > geographical area, given the cost.
> >
> > Even without such costs, I'd guess Khalid could comment upon such workshop
> > viability, given the Drupal ones regularly held around here.
> >
> > But if a series of workshops were well attended and collected together ...
> > do you not have the beginnings of a larger event? Which could grow over
> > time, as Digimer suggests?
> >
> >
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