[clug] Beginner CLUG [WAS: Re: The harsh realities of CLUG]

[Troy Heland]

People need a reason to volunteer.  People need some sort of reward.  Even
when contributing to FOSS projects you get some reward.  Converting Joe User
to Linux after giving 6 two hour lessons isn't exactly rewarding.

Whether it be financial or otherwise some sort of reward for effort would
help.  If someone said to me, we'll give you two hobbyist tix to Conf in
2011 if you help out with this course we are trying to run, I'd be keen.


On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Lana Brindley <lanabrindley at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 19 May 2010 19:20, Michael Still <mikal at stillhq.com> wrote:
>
> > Lana Brindley wrote:
> >
> >  And then I made a fatal mistake. I asked for ideas, suggestions,
> >> volunteers,
> >> and even donations. *gasp*. Well, of course it fizzled. It fizzled a
> hell
> >> of
> >> a lot faster than it sparked in the first place. So the blog, the
> mailing
> >> list, and the idea, have all languished since then. Gathering dust in a
> >> neglected corner of the interwebs where ideas that were never quite born
> >> go
> >> to die.
> >>
> >> As much as I would really like to garner some of this enthusiasm and
> >> inject
> >> it into my little project, I can't help but wonder that when that email
> >> goes
> >> out again (the one that goes "Hey, who wants to help out?!"), will the
> >> same
> >> rapid desertion occur again?
> >>
> >
> > Many years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth (2005), I was enthused
> > about a linux user's conference. Mainly I wanted to keep LCA is geeky as
> > possible, and was hoping to con people into taking their less technical
> > content over to the user conference.
> >
> > It never got off the ground, mostly because I moved country instead.
> >
> > I still think the idea of some sort of introductory event is valid, and
> I'd
> > support it. There is even content already -- Donna's inkscape tutorial
> for
> > example would be a good start. I view that sort of thing as being
> something
> > LA should get behind though, as it should be a national event.
> >
> > However, I'm probably misinterpreting you. Yeah, a n00bs weekend thing
> > would be cool.
> >
> >
> No misinterpretation at all. Sounds awesome :)
>
> Admittedly, at the time of embarking on my (somewhat foolhardy) plan
> originally, it never even occurred to me to ask LA for funding. Perhaps
> it's
> worth sounding out ... ?
>
> L
>
> --
> Cheers! Lana
>
> There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But
> it's
> only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to
> call
> them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.
>  - Richard Feynman
>
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