[clue] Meetings?

Account 2 scottbarkleycolo at comcast.net
Thu May 16 10:28:44 MDT 2019 

Phillip wrote that the meetings were mostly over the heads of many of 
the attendee's. This was true for me also. While I was interested in 
becoming a power user of Linux, my primary reason to switch to Linux was 
to support open source and for stability. Remember Vista?

I wasn't one who was drawn to the meetings by a noted speaker every 
month. While there's nothing wrong with this, I'm guessing from an 
organization stand point, for the organizers, this must have increased 
headache's and logistics of needing a meeting room with projector 
capability, etc, etc ...  My thoughts on starting back up are thus: 
Maybe you don't need to meet every month with a large and capable 
conference room. It's hard to meet 12 times a year in our fast paced 
culture. Maybe starting back up small and simple with setting a 
schedule, maybe a winter schedule if everybody is to busy in the summer, 
or vice versa, and posting it well in advance could generate much interest.

Pick some topics. Install fest's are great, but after install fest the 
needs of the users might be:


LOGS:
Where are logs, why do I need to monitor them. How do I monitor and what 
do I look for when reviewing my logs?


SECURITY:
How do I secure my new Debian install? Is it just like Windows where I 
install a good anti-virus and obliviously go about my way?


COMPILING:
As a noob, I would have liked to have someone show me how to compile any 
small and simple open source program, just as an example of how to do 
it. Who know's where this could lead me to in the future.


VERIFYING DOWNLOADS:
What's all this SHA256 stuff? Why is it important and how do I verify 
what I've downloaded?


Sure I can find many articles online that cover these topics, but I 
never have someone to turn to when the (sometimes outdated) step by step 
instructions I find online don't work. Having someone to look over your 
shoulder while doing this at a meeting would be much better.

Turning noobs into power users can build comradery and make new 
connections and just as importantly, give us a good reason to get out of 
the house. It doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to work.

I like checking in on the CLUE posting from time to time and would like 
to help but I have recently moved out of state so I'm not able to help. 
I'm in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area and I have looked for linux 
groups up here but cant find anything other than specialized groups on 
Meetup. Who know's maybe I start a Linux noobs meetup up here!

Best of luck to you all and thanks for the help I received when I did 
come to the meetings.

- Scott




On 5/16/19 10:33 AM, Philipp Giddings wrote:
> That is great new. Are there any others on the list with interest in 
> attending? So far, not much in way of replies to this thread.
> Anyone?
> Thanks for offering up a space for us David
>
> On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 8:20 AM David L. Willson <dlwillson at thegeek.nu 
> <mailto:dlwillson at thegeek.nu>> wrote:
>
>     I have space for up to 16 in the Comfy Room, but someone else
>     needs to chair/MC.
>
>     Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
>
>
>     -------- Original message --------
>     From: Dennis J Perkins <djperkins77 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:djperkins77 at gmail.com>>
>     Date: 5/15/19 7:30 AM (GMT-07:00)
>     To: CLUE's mailing list <clue at cluedenver.org
>     <mailto:clue at cluedenver.org>>
>     Subject: Re: [clue] Meetings?
>
>     Very few people were coming near the end and it wasn't easy
>     finding speakers.  When McAffee closed their office here, we
>     didn't look for a new home.  Maybe if we held an occasional
>     meeting when someone wanted to give a talk, but the irregularity
>     might mean that people wouldn't remember when to meet.  It might
>     also be hard to find a place that would let us do this.
>
>
>     There is an Open Source group that meets somewhere near Dry Creek
>     and I25.  I haven't gone to any meetings yet.
>
>     On Wed, May 15, 2019, 7:22 AM Philipp Giddings <phil9x at gmail.com
>     <mailto:phil9x at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         I myself have not lost interest. I am sure there are others
>         with interest as well.
>         Does anyone on the list have the  will to organize and find a
>         space?
>         Are others on the list interested in attending such meeting?
>         Seemed the most interesting activity was "Installfest",
>         engaging at all levels.
>         However the CLUE meetings minus the KISS session was over the
>         heads of many attendees IMHO and sometimes.
>         I regret greatly not learning more about Bitcoin when David
>         introduced us to it. Duh!
>         I will attend if meetings begin again.
>
>         Amazing how social media killed the meatspace
>
>         On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 8:12 PM Sean LeBlanc
>         <seanleblanc at comcast.net <mailto:seanleblanc at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>             Do meetings still happen for CLUE? I have to admit I've
>             checked out
>             somewhat after moving to the foothills and getting so busy
>             at a startup
>             and with home life, etc., and I have to be very sparing
>             with the meetups
>             I do go to.
>
>
>             Did Linux just become part of the background for the way
>             most people do
>             their jobs - to the point where most people don't need to
>             learn about
>             Linux in particular? Did "the cloud" cause some to lose
>             interest?
>
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