Re: [MLUG] meetings/expo

["Igor Izyumin Jr." <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> Trying to bind with other organizations is a good thing, too. I think
> one of the reasons we have trouble attracting people is that we're
> putting up posters aimed at geeks. Not to be critical or anything, but
> for example I don't think most people have 'old computers' lying around.
> They've gotten rid of them or something if they're that old. Multiple
> computers is mostly a tech thing (IMO).
No, actually a lot of people have their older machines lying somewhere in the 
closet.  It might be a P-133 packard bell, but it's still a machine.  Of 
course, they are probably not using them, but they might still have them.

> If we want to attract people to MLUG, don't just say 'Linux' on the
> poster. Attach it to something they want to do. Also, 'free' isn't
> really all that impressive, because most people think they got Windows
> 'free' with their computer.
Of course.  That's exactly my point.  If you like to play Quake or Unreal, 
you don't give a flying crap what the computer runs and whether it is free or 
not.  You already bought it, anyway.  However, they will be interested when 
they hear that you can run a decent dedicated game server on an old box that 
will perform fairly well.

> NIC installs are a wonderful idea. Even if we just install them on
> Windows boxen. It's good income, especially since 'Linux geeks' are
> credible to the average student (at least in computer matters).
We could also do system repair stuff at reasonable prices.  Part of the price 
could go to MLUG.

> And one more thing. I don't know most of the people on this list, except
> by their messages, and I don't keep track of who said what too well. I
> want to go do something as a group, even if it's not Linux-related. My
> thoughts are, make contact, then go technical. We could go to a movie or
> go bowling or go to a park or something. It's not tre-geeky, but I, as
> I'm sure most everyone else on this list does, have other identities, too.
Yeah.  Geekfests are good for that, but they're too boring.  I'd rather have 
an MLUG picnic or something.  Hey how about that?

> Most people who are looking into technical things have heard of Linux.
> We need to reach people that may not have really thought about it much
> until now.
Yep.  People don't care about Linux.  People care about what they can get 
done using Linux. If we present a workable solution for netsharing, 
fileserving, and that kind of stuff, people will get interested.  Hey how 
about finding an old linux box and an old nt box and putting them 
head-to-head in the next expo?  That would be fun, and people will see the 
difference.
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-- Igor
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