[kwlug-disc] Linux & Linux admin for newbies

Sun Jan 21 23:24:25 EST 2018

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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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