Re: [Debian-NYC] Novice Nights and other workshops
Hello Debianistas,
I applaud Richard's remark: "We need to.. advertise to
under-represented groups". Some ideas: non-profits, specific ethnic
&/or religious groups, small businesses, local government, active-duty
military. Doing Novice Nights that are targeted at particular
constituencies may increase the probability that participants will
view themselves as "interacting peers" rather than passive clients in
a client-provider relationship (with "Debian NYC" in the role of
provider). It can also increase the depth that can be reached in
limited time by limiting the scope to that which is most desired by
the target constituency.
I think it would be good to list the specific objectives and
non-objectives of the "Novice NIghts" effort. For instance, are the
following objectives or non-objectives:
- Get Debian onto machines that were previously running Windows
- Get Debian onto machines that were previously running Mac OS X
- Spread the philosophy of software freedom
- Get Ubuntu onto machines
- Answer technical questions on DebianNYC mailing list from users who
had Debian installed at "Novice Nights" (if non-objective, that
should be stated clearly, as well as available alternatives)
I volunteer to be part of the staff for the Novice Night currently
being planned. I consider myself to be an intermediate linux
sysadmin, with focus on Debian and Ubuntu. I'm also pretty
comfortable with public speaking, and/or leading in various
capacities. I'm not too proud for grunt work either [within reason ;)
]. Leadership: please advise how I may be most useful.
-- Carlos
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 5:55 PM, Richard Darst <rkd@zgib.net> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> (sorry for vanishing, had a talk to give today + preparing for an
> event for Saturday)
>
> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 04:10:39PM -0500, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>> I got a residency at Eyebeam to have public events, so I could also host
>> things at Eyebeam from now until the end of January.
>>
>> Do we have a new date for the Novice Nights? do we want to set it up as
>> a regular thing? I think I could host a monthly night at NYCR/Eyebeam.
>
> I echo the thoughts of this thread that we really should make these
> events happen. It's clear there is a desire.
>
> So we need:
>
> - A date. Is Brian's idea of late Nov plan. I just made a poll here[1]:
>
> http://selectricity.org/quickvote/debiannycnn1
>
> - Enough "staff" to come. We need all levels, a few experts, and so
> on. I think we can get this, but we need to be sure. Please vote
> for a date!!
>
> - We need to _advertise_. And to advertise to under-represented
> groups.
>
> Everyone, fill in your ideas here, so we don't forget!:
> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianNYC/NoviceNights
>
> (I don't mind spending a fair amount of time organizing, but I need to
> know there is a lot of enthusiasm for others to come (as staff) and
> help find places to advertise!
>
> - Richard
>
>
> [1] I am using selectricity but to make the purists happy, but it
> really doesn't seem to be as useful for this purpose as doodle.
> Does anyone know another service to use for scheduling?
>
> --
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