[kwlug-disc] Linux & Linux admin for newbies

[Andrew Sullivan Cant]

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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