It would be a good idea for presenters to get together and assemble a list
of topics for a series of linux presentations.  The following are some
linux topic ideas.

1. Comparison of Linux Distributions (RedHat, Mandrake, SuSE, Debian,
   Slackware, ...)
2. Office Productivity Software (StarOffice, KOffice, AbiWord, OpenOffice, 
   ...)
3. Desktop Environments (Gnome, KDE, WindowMaker, Sawmill, fvwm2, twm, 
   ...)
4. Server Capabilities (web server, file server, print server, mail server
   database server -- Apache, Samba, Sendmail, Postfix, Postgresql, MySQL,
   InterBase/Firebird, ...)
5. Client and Networking Capabilities (file and print services, web
   browsers, X, vnc, ipchains/iptables, ...)
6. System Administration Overview (file system layout, webmin, linuxconf,
   vnc, ssh, distro specific tools, ...)
7. Software Development (gcc, gdb, perl, python, java, CodeWarrior,
   NetBeans, Kylix/Delphi, ...)
8. Commercial Software (Oracle, DB2, Sybase, games, IDEs, ...)

It would also probably be a good idea to create a questionnaire for TCPC
members that asks which linux topics they would be most interested in
seeing for future presentations.

Count me in as someone willing to do presentations ("potential SIG
leader").

Joel

On Sun, 16 Dec 2001 Terry Houle wrote:
> As President of the Twin Cities PC Users group I am going to try and devote
> one Saturday a month to Linux.  Currently our Systems on Saturday group
> meets every Saturday in Bloomington near the Mall of America.  Generally we
> discuss Windows since that is all most of us know or are trying to learn.  I
> would like to include Linux once per month or at least on a periodic basis.
> It would all be dependent on someone to lead the SIG and share their Linux
> knowledge and skills with some of us want-a-bees. Great proficiency with
> Linux would not be required since anyone would probably know more than most
> of us.  We have about 375 members and publish a monthly newsletter called
> the Digital Viking.  A copy of the newsletter and more information about us
> could be found on our web site at: http://www.tcpc.com  .
> It could be an opportunity for someone to enhance their speaking or teaching
> skills. We do have a projector but Linux is not on our machine at this time.
> Would be preferable if the person/s brough their own laptop to use.  Our
> meeting room probably holds a max of 40 people and generally 20 may show up
> to most Saturday's.
> Assume it would be difficut for me to get a person to do it every month and
> would therfore like to develop a list of possible SIG leaders for a
> Saturday.  That way there could be a rotation of some kind or possibly we
> just do it every few months depending on the number of people willing to do
> it.  To not discourage our group it would be best just to use GUI and not
> the command line to scare people off.  We meet from 9AM to about 11:30 AM.
> If you would like more clarification please contact me or to put your name
> on the list as a "potential SIG leader".  Regretably no compensation is
> available except for the satifaction or skill development you get.
> 
> 
> Terry Houle
> President
> Twin Cities PC Users Group
> terry at tcpc.com
> http://www.tcpc.com