[Discuss] Ideas for future VLUG Meeting Presentations

[John Blomfield]

You can put my name down for 8) on networking and security, unless someone else is burning to do it!

I can also offer an "Introduction to KDevelop, compiling C and C++ programs and GUI first steps"
Also how about something like "How encryption works - quick history and current use"?

John Blomfield

----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Gagnon <lggagnon at uniserve.com>
Date: Monday, December 31, 2007 7:59 am
Subject: [Discuss] Ideas for future VLUG Meeting Presentations
To: "discuss at vlug.org" <discuss at vlug.org>

> I offered at the December 2007 VLUG AGM to assist as Meetings 
> Coordinatorand also with VLUG Publicity (another club member, 
> Patrick Boylan, has
> also offered to help in these matters). I would like to make a sincere
> stab at improving the VLUG meetings by arranging beforehand
> speakers/presenters for each meeting. We have had three offers 
> recently,so we might be OK until the April meeting, at which 
> point we definitely
> could use more presenters. Here is the line-up so far:
> 
> 1) a review of the Asus Eee PC by Patrick (march)
> 2) specialist Linux distros by Andrew (february)
> 3) hardware diagnosis with Linux Tools by Larry (january)
> 
> Some ideas for future meeting presentations:
> ============================================
> 
> 1) Backing  up and restoring your hard drive in Linux
> 2) Organizing your home directory and tools for doing that
> 3) Going green building a low power pc
> 4) Comparison of Mythtv and LinuxMCE or a LinuxMCE presentation
> 5) Writing computer games for Linux ( 2d and 3d games ). This 
> one may
> take 2 evenings to present. We could even do this as a class 
> with an
> assignment for those who wish to participate.
> 6) Short 15 minute presentation on installing the latest flash on
> Ubuntu.
> 8) Configuring a home network, including securing it
> 9) Hacking a Linksys wrt54GL.
> 10) short, 15-30min presentations on a specific Linux/Unix CLI command
> (this takes little effort for anyone to brush up on and is 
> useful for all)
> 11) presentations by non-member acquaintances that use FOSS of any
> description in their work, e.g. an astronomer at the Hertzberg 
> Instituteof Astrophysics??, a systems administrator you know who 
> runs a Unix/Linux
> shop?, etcetera...
> 12) solving wireless problems under Linux
> 13) programming Ruby (or any other scripting language anyone is 
> reasonablygood at)....
> 
> If you have any interest of extertise in these areas, or know of 
> anyone  
> who does, we would all really appreciate any effort you could 
> make to  
> preparing such a presentation, or finding someone who would be 
> willing to  
> do it for us.
> 
> Presenting in General
> =====================
> 
> 1) everyone can present, we have a wide range of members from 
> newbies to
> advanced computer scientists, so topics can also be wide ranging 
> and can
> vary from being beginner based to highly advanced. The only 
> requirement is
> that they have something to do with FOSS (Free Open Source Software).
> 2) if you are uncertain about your presenting skills please 
> check out this
> great online presenting skills tutorial:
> 
> http://www.kevinboone.com/howto_presentation.html
> 
> 3) we will attempt to fix the projector problem in our usual 
> meeting room
> in the Cornett Bldg so past stuffups with the hardware can be 
> rectified.4) we are looking into getting a UVic account so we 
> can use their wireless
> Internet system. It worked in the past because we always had a UVic
> student/faculty/staff at past meetings - that is now not always 
> the case...
> 5) Shuttle computers are available for any club member to use if 
> you do
> not have a portable machine to bring for your presentation
> 
> I am very open to any other ideas about improving future VLUG meeting
> presentations and VLUG Publicity ideas. You can email me direct, 
> chat via
> this list or call me at (250) 382-1266.
> 
> Larry Gagnon
> Director at Large
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