[kwlug disc.] Proposed: Regular meeting items.

[Unsolicited at gto.net]

> 6:30pm in an attempt to revitalize "newbie time"?

Has anyone any sense of attendance between 6:00 and 7:00?

> example, try explaining find in 2 minutes. Try explaining ls in 2 minutes,
for that 

The point is not to explain it, but to say "it's out there." Since they're
command lines that should be part of every distro, exploring it is left as
an exercise for the audience when they get home. 

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On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Unsolicited at gto.net wrote:

> 1. Command (line?) of the month. [Given November presentation topic 
> ...]
>
> - interesting option(s).
> - non-immediately apparent usefulnessessess(esses?)
> - deep geek versions that do nifty things. Probably involving pipes, 
> other commands, and ... I'll stop there.

	I was thinking something along these lines as well. Maybe it could
be held at 6:30pm in an attempt to revitalize "newbie time"?

	I don't think 2 minutes is sufficient to introduce a command,
though. (For example, try explaining find in 2 minutes. Try explaining ls in
2 minutes, for that matter.)


> 3. My nomination for fishbowl candidate for January: Whatever is 
> helping home users with Asterisk. I believe this is TrixBox, but I'll 
> let John correct me if my intent and result do not match.
	I could see this as a viable candidate. Who is opposed?

> - main page on lower left side shows they take donations (via PayPal, 
> sorry).
	I think Andrew can deal with PayPal. Andrew?

> - however, see: http://fonality.com/press.html#20061004_anchor - 
> fonality has 'acquired' TrixBox.
>
> Don't know if I shouldn't be concerned about that or not. I'll leave 
> it to others more in the know to explain and/or de-nominate this. 
> [I'll be guided by their call.]
	If it is still open source then is there a problem?

> 4. Given 1 and 2 ... does it make any sense to have a favourite links 
> page at kwlug.org? Particularly, people's favourite sites for help? e.g.
> tldp.org.

	This could be part of people's blogs, or it could be a page in the
"Resources" section. I think non-admin users can create "book pages", so you
can start such a book if you would like (and every other registered user
could then edit it).

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Paul Nijjar
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