[kwlug-disc] Linux & Linux admin for newbies
James Kelsh
freshmeadow1 at gmail.com
Mon Jan 22 09:07:12 EST 2018
I agree. And my talk is in March. Got mixed up last night!!
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 21, 2018, at 11:24 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:
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> James Kelsh wrote:
>> My little talk in February seems redundant now
>
> Hardly. There's nothing like a live demonstrations where you can ask
> about things as they happen.
>
> Looking forward to it.
>
> - --Bob.
>
>> On 2018-01-21 08:07 PM, James Kelsh wrote:
>> My little talk in February seems redundant now 🤔 but I am doing
>> it anyway!!! 😜
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Jan 21, 2018, at 5:49 PM, Andrew Sullivan Cant
>>> <acant at alumni.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>> On the topic of money and getting started with Linux I just saw
>>> a tweet from Marcel Gagné that he has started a Patreon to
>>> support his linux video tutorial efforts: *
>>> https://www.patreon.com/marcelgagne
>>>
>>> His videos are online at a few places and cover a range of
>>> topics: * http://cookingwithlinux.com/ *
>>> https://www.youtube.com/user/freethinkeratlarge
>>>
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>>> On 20/01/18 01:57, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote: (I
>>>> thought I sent this already, but I guess not. Apologies if it
>>>> is a duplicate.)
>>>>
>>>> That is a generous offer.
>>>>
>>>> There may be a call for people to help KWLUG financially if we
>>>> cannot get a free meeting space for our new home.
>>>>
>>>> There are also other items that I have been thinking about
>>>> fundraising for. It would be nice to get a better projector,
>>>> for example.
>>>>
>>>> But none of this directly relates to your offer. I think that
>>>> if you as an individual was to arrange for some KWLUG speakers
>>>> then that could work, but it would be you who makes the
>>>> financial arrangements (because as Chamunks noted KWLUG does
>>>> not officially exist). Once you have somebody arranged I (or
>>>> another organizer) can slot that presenter in.
>>>>
>>>> Keep in mind that in addition to finding people who know how
>>>> to do Linux administration, we would want to bring in people
>>>> who also have skills at doing presentations for others. Robert
>>>> Elder might qualify for this, but I think arbitrary people on
>>>> UpWork would need more vetting.
>>>>
>>>> Having said that, I think there are MANY people on this list
>>>> who have the knowledge and talent to offer some really good
>>>> newbie training, either during meetings or as a separate
>>>> event. I would love to see a few more offers from people
>>>> willing to present Linux basics.
>>>>
>>>> I agree that getting newbies out to meetings is a challenge.
>>>> Sometimes people come for a few sessions, and then leave
>>>> because the talks people are willing to offer are at too high
>>>> a technical level (or maybe we are unfriendly in other ways).
>>>>
>>>> John got us started on a list of topics, but it is not clear
>>>> to me which ones are in demand, or are most useful in 2018.
>>>>
>>>> I am guessing these will be incorporated into regular KWLUG
>>>> meetings, as opposed to being separate events?
>>>>
>>>> - Paul
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 11:14:00AM -0500, Ron Singh wrote:
>>>>> Here's my 2 cents, not sure how it will be received.
>>>>>
>>>>> See, I value what I have gained thus from the KWLUG meets I
>>>>> have attended, the topics discussed on the mailing list, and
>>>>> tangentially, the information gleaned from a single(so far)
>>>>> KWVoip meetup.
>>>>>
>>>>> In the spirit of giving back, I am able to pony up to $50 per
>>>>> session(month?) to someone from outside of KWLUG, or $400/yr
>>>>> to KWLUG towards expenses(essentially a sponsorship). I can
>>>>> also support KWLUG via donations of older(but not *old*)
>>>>> computer hardware as it becomes available to me.
>>>>>
>>>>> If the $50/session thing does not contradict the spirit of
>>>>> KWLUG, I would like to make contact with a few individuals
>>>>> here --
>>>>> https://www.upwork.com/local/canada/ontario/waterloo/linux-system-administration/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
> and see if they would be amenable to doing a 60-minute segment for newbies
>>>>> and live with a mere $50(or less) fee for the talk and
>>>>> travel time.
>>>>>
>>>>> I see a couple of UPWORK low-cost younglings here and here:
>>>>> https://www.upwork.com/o/profiles/users/_~01be403b78b96c7860/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
> https://www.upwork.com/o/profiles/users/_~01ae67e5ea9c1e9763/
>>>>>
>>>>> and a more seasoned UPWORK dude here:
>>>>> https://www.upwork.com/o/profiles/users/_~015d41ca163d109259/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
> How about Robert Elder?
>>>>> http://blog.robertelder.org/robert-elder-software-linux-operating-system/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
> He is quite the CLI guy.
>>>>> I attended one of his meetings on SSH where I got about 30%
>>>>> of the ideas and logic being discussed. Should I contact him
>>>>> on behald of KWLUG to see if he is willing to do a talk on
>>>>> CLI commands. He is definitely not a GUI guy.
>>>>>
>>>>> Alternatively, I donate a year's worth of sessions to KWLUG
>>>>> and everyone chimes in with suggestions/contact they have to
>>>>> do talks for newbies. I see one big challenge though and
>>>>> that is how to grab all the newbies by the scruff and drag
>>>>> them into the KWLUG meetings to benefir from the newbie
>>>>> sessions.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am just throwing this out there.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Ron Singh "in transit, via mobile comm device"
>>>>
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