Re: [Debian-NYC] Future workshops and events
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Richard Darst <rkd@zgib.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 03:07:09PM -0400, David Rocamora wrote:
>> On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 09:16:07 -0400, Richard Darst <rkd@zgib.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > The presentation served well for letting people know about tools. I
>> > think we've got at least several more eager workshop attendees from
>> > this. We should definitely let NYLUG lists know about future
>> > workshops - there were requests for this specifically. We should try
>> > to have a workshop soon to keep this momentum up. I even got a couple
>> > of volunteers to (tentatively) give a workshop on Debian clusters
>> > sometime.
>>
>> Is there any interest in doing a workshop about managing large numbers
>> of computers running Debian?
>
> I would be. Also, after my NYLUG talk, several Cornell (?) grad
> students were talking about a cluster they were making for their
> group, and they thought they could give a talk on it.
>
> I'm not sure exactly how much overlap there is here, but I wouldn't be
> surprised if we could make two separate workshops out of it. Any thoughts?
I think doing 2 or 3 talks on this is a good idea.
>
>
>> Also, regardless of workshop or presentation topic, CG will be happy to
>> provide a meeting space for Debian workshops. If you need a space, I can
>> help coordinate.
>
> yay! Here's a random proposal:
>
> - One workshop a month
> - One "newbie night"[1] every two months, offset by half a month
> - One Pacific Standard (or somewhere) gathering every two months, the
> off-months from newbie nights ?
>
> [1] Can you think of a better name for this?
I like the planned schedule, as for a name "novice night" is another
idea. I don't think it is better then "newbie night" but another just
another idea.
>
> Do you think that Control Group for workshops (but rotating to other
> places people volunteer) and NYC Resistor for Newbie Night (for now,
> we can try moving around to get a broader range of people coming).
>
> - Richard
>
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