Re: [Hampshire] Promoting LUG meets via social networking

> Hi Lisi,
> 
> On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 11:48:08PM +0000, Lisi wrote:
>> On Sunday 27 January 2013 18:23:13 Robert Longstaff wrote:
>>> Consequently, I think it would be great if people are prepared to do
>>> intro talks on the subject (maybe advertise in advance so newbies
>>> specifically come to that meeting) but I wouldn't want to make that the
>>> main focus as the more expert users would likely drift away and take
>>> their knowledge with them.
>> 
>> I would have though that talks for the complete beginner would have a very 
>> limited audience at LUG meetings, where the majority of people present are 
>> experienced users.  
> 
> I'm struggling to find a polite way to say this but I don't feel
> that a majority of the thread starters here are experienced Linux users
> (from the post content) at all, and I also feel that there will be
> lurkers who are put off from posting questions because of the
> technical nature of posts they see.
> 
> So I am not sure that even very basic talks should be discouraged.
> Everyone starts somewhere.
> 
> Do bear in mind that experts are more able to go off and find
> conferences and communities more befitting their level of expertise
> anyway. (Hey, it's FOSDEM this weekend!)
> 
>> So far there has been a good mix of talks and levels.  This seems to me to be 
>> a much better idea.
> 
> No one has proposed focusing exclusively on beginner talks. Robert
> specifically spoke AGAINST focusing on such. "A good mix of talks"
> does mean SOME beginner stuff.
> 
> Cheers,
> Andy
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