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Hi Rod, This is great stuff. I'm happy to help, and I will also forward your message to some PU Linux-friendly people I know who may not be on the mailing list. In terms of a PU LUG meeting, how about we start with August Plymouth meeting of DCLUG? I was trying to drum some support up for this on the list a while back: Sat 27th August, 12 noon, Hush Coffee, Plymouth. We could talk more then about next steps. All the best Andy On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 11:44:47AM +0100, Rod Sheaff wrote: > Good ideas, I'll look out for next jam. I guess we'd need to check > PU are OK with open meetings. But why ever not? Personally I can't > see any problem. Having industry contacts might do them and the > students a lot of good (should also be useful to PU to market as > evidence of 'impact'). As for Canonical. I simply don't know how the > IT people would react. So let's ask. > > Rod > > > > On 20/07/16 11:28, Paul Sutton wrote: > > > >On 20/07/16 11:16, Martin Gautier wrote: > >> > >>On 20/07/16 10:41, Rod Sheaff wrote: > >>>Dear LUG > >>> > >>>Thank you those who contacted me about this. My meeting with Plymouth > >>>Uni IT honchos was much more constructive than I expected given PU's > >>>until very recently almost exclusive commitment to all things > >>>MicroSoft. We speculated about possible moves towards a Bring Your Own > >>>Device, hence Bring Your Own Software, policy in the future. > >>> > >>>They agreed to > >>> > >>> 1. support an attempt to set up a PU community of Linux users -*so > >>> over to us...* > >>> 2. with suitable disclaimers (i.e. users will need to rely heavily on > >>> other Linux users and the web for support), add a Linux section of > >>> the PU IT help pages > >>> 3. with same disclaimers, also put onto PU's University-Wide Software > >>> Self-service links to LibreOffice download, perhaps also R (and > >>> maybe a small number of other good examples of OS desktop > >>> software? - but we left that vague. Suggestions?) > >>> > >>>Any of you connected with PU, please feel free to contact me direct if > >>>you'd like to be involved. > >>> > >>>Perhaps the first task for a user group would be the Linux help pages > >>>for use in PU? > >>> > >>>BW > >>> > >>>Rod > >>> > >>Rod > >> > >>What funding are PU offering for all this work? > >> > >>Yes, we should be promoting Linux as much as possible. Yes, students > >>will benefit from moving to linux. Yes, university staff will benefit > >>from moving to linux. Yes, that's what the LUG is for. > >> > >>However. The University is a profitable business. At Â9k per term per > >>student, I'd imagine PU can afford to fund a couple of week's work to > >>copy & paste generic linux support content into a glossy PU branded website. > >> > >>All cynicism aside, it may be worth contacting the marketing guys at Red > >>Hat (less so) or Canonical (more so) to see how they may be able to help. > >> > >>Does PU have it's own CompSci Soc? It's this what they're for? We should > >>hook up with them. > >> > >>Martin > >> > >> > > > >Free software foundation Europe will also send you materials for > >promotion of free software and related, if you donate about Â10 you > >get a box of flyers. I have some here, so if someone drops in to the > >next Tech jam , they can have a few. > > > >I think those of you here, who work in the industry, and are feeling > >the effect of the skills shortage could look in to promoting the > >languages and skills we are short on, there are info-graphics out there > >telling you how much you could potentially earn if you know certain > >languages, e.g ruby, ruby on rails (yes I know that is a framework,). > >But so students can get an idea of what the Real world is doing. That > >information would be most useful for the tech jam site too, it needs to > >be dynamic and reflect needs of the industry. > > > >One question would PU lug meets be open to Lug members too, as that way > >you can bring in expertise from the LUG, it may not be appropriate to > >meet in a bar as such, but a room but near to where food / drinks are > >available. > > > >We did a successful install back in the early days, but back then we > >had a box of floppy disks to start the install off, we would have to > >use flash disk which given 1 flash disk can be used on 1 computer costs > >about the same as 1 box of 10 floppies that could be used on 10, we > >would need help to buy enough flash disks. Eitehr that or use cd-dvd > >media, but not all newer laptops have dvd drives. as in we would need a > >set of options. > > > > > > > >Paul > > > > > > -- > Rod Sheaff > > 'Dunsland', > Barn Street, > Liskeard, > Kernow / Cornwall > PL14 4BL > UK > > E: rod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > T: 01579 345674 > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq