Hans, What time do you think the class will start? I'm guessing about the same time that my engineering analysis tools and techniques class starts :(. --- "der.hans" wrote: > moin, moin, > > our first GNU/Linux for Newbies class is this Wed! > > The current plan is to boot a box off Knoppix and > I'll give a desktop tour. > > We need someone to lead this project! Please step > forward. > > The objective is to teach 45 min to one hour classes > once a month for 6 > months. After 6 months the students should be ready > for the intermediate > classes that we probably won't start until next > year. For now they'll be > pointed at normal PLUG meetings and Stammtisch. > > We need people to coordinate publicity, teachers and > curriculum. > > We need a decent curriculum that we can feed people, > then we're not > dependent on the time from one or two people for the > teaching. > > We've had several volunteers to teach, George, you > don't count until you're > back in .az.us :), some on the east side and some on > the west side. Guess > what? That means we could be doing classes on both > sides as soon as we're > organized and we have students! > > That also means George could be teaching the classes > for FlaLUG or whatever > the group there is called. We've also got Wes in > .tx.us :). > > Mostly we need the curriculum done. It should be a > free documentation > project. There are rumored to be a few out there, > but we haven't had anyone > review them to decide if they meet our needs. > > Once we have a curriculum worked out we need to > start promoting the classes. > We already have people planning on making this first > set starting Wed, but > we will need to promote the second run. We also have > lots of room to play > with the first run since it isn't yet organized. > > ciao, > > der.hans > -- > # https://www.LuftHans.com/ > # I chose to use the kernel sources as my > documentation. ;-) > # -- Kevin Buettner > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail > settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com