[GLLUG] Server Classes

[Lani Meredith]

I have no problem with the proposed schedule.  Any suggestions would
be welcome, since I've never taught a class before.

Lani

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Clay Dowling<clay at lazarusid.com> wrote:
> We talked about our server classes last night at the GLLUG meeting,
> and I wanted to pop something on the list today to get people around
> the idea and start scheduling it.
>
> The plan is for four classes, to take people from base installation to
> actually running a server.
>
> My proposed schedule:
>
>
> Saturday, July 11th - 1pm: Installfest, concentrating on Ubuntu
> Server.  Lani has agreed to lead this.  Additional hands to help
> people with questions would be appreciated.
>
> Thursday, July 16th - 6:30pm : Introduction to the command line.  Jeff
> Lawton to lead this (Clay Dowling to act as his second).  We should
> also be prepared for installfest follow ups here, so other people on
> hand would be good, to take people aside and work with them one on one.
>
> Saturday, July 18th - 1pm: Basic networking and system hardening, to
> be lead by Charles Ulrich (Marshal Newrock to act as his second).
>
> Saturday, July 25th - 1pm: LAMP Server workshop.  As many volunteers
> as we can get.  Clay Dowling, Charles Ulrich at minimum have
> volunteered to participate.  Must be comfortable working with and
> gently leading people who may be weak on technical issues.
>
> If I named you in the schedule, please let me know if it will work for
> you, or what corrections are needed to make it work.  Anybody else
> with suggestions please let me know ASAP.
>
> I'm going to try to put together a press release and possibly audio or
> video that we can submit to local media by the middle of next week.
> Anybody with audio or video production skills I'd love it if you could
> contact me.  Basically, everything we can do to make this story easier
> for local media to cover improves our chances.  We'll need to keep
> pushing material out to the press every week, so we don't need to have
> all of this assembled at once.
>
> Thoughts on the press packet:
>
> 1. Standard press release, 250-500 words (shorter being preferred).
> Make it press ready.
>
> 2. Good high-res photos of a Linux install fest.  We'll simulate this
> by getting a few people with laptops, and a few people helping them.
> I figure three of each category.  The more women we can get in the
> picture, the more it will help us by appearing more woman-friendly and
> less like guys who live in their mom's basement.  Don't worry if
> you're not photogenic - the more like the average woman you look, the
> more comfortable that will make our potential audience.
>
> 3. Audio interviews or sound clips, for use on the radio.  If we could
> get a clip on WKAR in their local coverage, that would reach a lot of
> people.
>
> 4. Video of an installfest (ideally from the Jully 11th session).  If
> we can get people to say on tape how helpful we were, it's a great
> recruiting tool for later sessions.
>
> Let me know if you can help out with any of this.
>
> Clay
>
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