January Meeting Outline

[Amy Jacoby Ayers]

I'll volunteer to take meeting minutes. (can I sue if I get carpal tunnel? :)

-Amy

> HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE STILL OPEN TO VOLUNTEERS
> 
> * someone to take minutes of the meeting
> * someone to take over humor on a monthly basis
> * someone to take over tips on a montly basis
> 
> 
> Already committed:
>   State of Kernel - Greg Hankins
>   Newbie Session - Vernard Martin (after meeting)
>   MC - Eric Ayers, Vernard Martin
>   Publicity - Jeff Hoepfinger, Mark Warfield liason to AUUG, 
>               Mark Waters
>   Article for Publication - Gareth Williams
>   WWW - several folks
>   Main Speaker - Mark Warfield for Feb., others have volunteered.
> 
> 
> Criticism, Corrections, Comments, Philosopical Tracts welcome.
> 
> -Eric.
> 
> 
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> 
> January Meeting Outline
> 
> *At the door
>    ** Everyone can get a nametag at the door (Eric Ayers)
>    ** Have copies of the Atlanta META FAQ available 
> 
> *Welcome to ALE (Eric Ayers)
>     Everyone is a new member of ALE!
>    
>    **Purpose 
>       To be a forum for new and experienced Linux users in the Atlanta Area
>    **Meeting times and places
>       Monthly meetings.  At organizational meeting we decided on place
>        and time.  Change in place in time could be considered, as long
>        as 1) Time is predictable 2) Place is Central to most members
>        3) Going to stay the same for several meetings.  4) Need to know
>        2 months  or so in advance for publicity.
>    **Mailing Lists (ale at cc & ale-admin at cc)
>       How to subscribe.
>    **Publicity (Jeff Hopefinger - jeff_ho at jeff_ho.hboc.com)
>       Take it away Jeff!
>    **Group Organization 
>       What we've come up with so far:  All volunteer, no hierarchical
>          organization, just people who volunteer for various
>          responsibilities.  If several people are interested in the same
>          thing, work together.
>       Anyone can have input into the organization of the group.  E-mail
>          ale-admin at cc.gatech.edu.  (If you don't have e-mail access,
>          there are people at the meeting who can help you find out how
>          to get it!)
>       No $$$ yet.  Talk of corporate sponsors?
>       !_Need a Volunteer to keep some minutes_!
>    **General Meeting Format
>       Go over this outline, explain announcements, switchboard, 
>         state of the kernel, humor, tip of month, after meeting activities
>       Main topic focus will alternate every other meeting between 
>         Newbie and Experienced Users  
>         January = newbie,  February = Experienced ...
>    **What's in store for this meeting
>       Describe Main Topic
> 
> *General Announcements 
>    **People who are selling stuff at the meeting
>    **Groups that want to get together after the meeting (WWW, publicity,
>        writing an article, others)
>    **Other announcements from the Floor
> 
> *Switchboard
>    ** Hook up people with specific needs with others to discuss after
>       the meeting. (i.e. Has anyone gotten an IDE cdrom working?)  Defer
>       First time Installation questions to newbie session with Vernard
>       after main meeting
> 
> *State of the Kernel (Greg Hankins - gregh at cc.gaetch.edu)
> 
> *Main Topic  - "Getting Started with Linux"
> 
>   ** Introduce speakers (Eric)
> 
>   **General Overview (Dan Newcombe - newcombe at aa.csc.peachnet.edu
>       What is Linux?
>       History
> 
>   **Getting Started (Vernard Martin - vernard at cc.gatech.edu)
> 
>   **Live Demo  (Greg Hankins - gregh at cc.gatech.edu)
>        Depending on what Greg has in mind, he may just introduce the
>          demo and let people play with it for after the meeting.
>        Or it may be too hard to get it online so we may just nix it!
> 
> *Humor   !_no person designated_! 
>    Save your Microsoft/Intel comments for now.  Let's don't pollute
>      the main meeting with them!
> 
> *Tip of the month !_no person designated_!
>    Something really neato.  How to install X w/ less than 1MB or
>      something (ha ha)
> 
> *General Adjournment
> 
> 
> *Activities After the Main Meeting
> 
>    ** Vernard will hold a session for new users of linux, people
>       trying to get set up or who are having first time installation
>       problems
> 
>    ** Various working groups (WWW, publicity, anyone others who 
>        want to have a working group) get together
> 
>    ** Chitchat Time
>    
>