[GRLUG] linux meetup

Tue Jul 4 15:04:59 EDT 2006

I would suggest that we go easy on a custom design.

The key is how to keep the web site up to date.  With Wiki we can
distribute the load of updating.  

Maybe someone can get into making the look of our mediawiki more
custom, but I think the days of html files for websites is long gone. 
Why create a site which sooner or later will become a bottle-neck
again.

Szymon Machajewski

Solutions Engineer / DBA
Red Hat Certified Engineer
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
www.grcc.edu/smachaje 

>>> mikemol at gmail.com 7/4/2006 3:42:52 am >>>
I've got some time...I put together the current incarnation of
grc4.org, which will be replaced once my guy finishes the final
layout.  I'm no HTML and CSS expert, but I can read W3C specs.
However, my overal design skills are, shall we say, underdeveloped.

So...what needs to be there? Some thoughts:
* Who are we? (Someone else should probably write that blurb)
* Meeting info
* Announcements

Here's a rough mock-up of what it might look like:
http://theforge.us/sc/grlugsite.png 

(Sheesh...for how long that took, I might have been better off doing
it in HTML in the first place.)

On 7/4/06, Godwin <geektoyz at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sure we can make the wiki page the home page for now.  I'm somewhat
> partial to home-brewed looking sites (nice ones with css) as opposed
> to cookie-cutter ones, but my web design time is being taken up at
the
> moment.  :-)
>
> If/when a good web designer surfaces, maybe we can maintain both.
>
> G-
>
>
> On 7/2/06, Szymon Machajewski <smachaje at grcc.edu> wrote:
> > Godwin,
> >
> > You've made a call for a web developer in the past.  Why don't we
take
> > the wiki as the home page for now.  This would defuse the need for
one
> > developer.
> >
> >
> >
> > Szymon Machajewski
> >
> > Solutions Engineer / DBA
> > Red Hat Certified Engineer
> > Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
> > www.grcc.edu/smachaje 
> >
> >
> > >>> mikemol at gmail.com 7/2/2006 1:05:28 am >>>
> > One more thing.  When I first noticed GRLUG a year or two ago, I
> > thought it was dead.  The website hadn't been updated in ages. 
Even
> > now, there's not much to look at, and the only active content is
> > passively active; there's nothing about a wiki that makes one want
to
> > check back for updates.
> >
> > Simply choosing some colors and linking to a .CSS file would help,
but
> > the old announcements should probably be removed.
> >
> > Are there any web developer natives around here?
> >
> > On 7/2/06, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Looking at the list, there seem to be a large number of casual
> > users,
> > > as opposed to Linux-using professionals.
> > >
> > > Not that I can get a complete feel for GRLUG after attending one
> > > meeting, but the casual side of Linux did seem lacking.  (But
maybe
> > an
> > > after-one-meeting impression is needed.)  Clustering filesystems
are
> > > useful from an administrators standpoint, and fascinating to me.
> > >
> > > However, the average home-user of Linux is going to be more
> > interested
> > > in what games are available, or how to get 3D acceleration for
their
> > > ATI or NVidia card, or where to find a Linux distro that takes
> > > advantage of x86-64.
> > >
> > > I expect that within a year or two, people are going to be
asking
> > how
> > > to use Linux for everyday home tasks. (How do I run TurboTax on
this
> > > Linux system my grandson set up?  How do I write my English paper
on
> > > this computer I got for cheap?  How do I PRINT?!)
> > >
> > > If people are interested, I'd be happy to demo the proprietary
and
> > OSS
> > > ATI drivers, and the proprietary NVidia driver.  I could show
off
> > many
> > > of the games that were developed for Linux, or ported to Linux.
> > >
> > > But that's really not the kind of thing that struck me as a
focus
> > > point for GRLUG, after attending one meeting.  And if that's what
it
> > > looks like to someone who sat through it and asked questions,
what's
> > > it going to look like to someone whose interests are entirely
> > > consumer-oriented?
> > >
> > > On 7/1/06, Szymon Machajewski <smachaje at grcc.edu> wrote:
> > > > I don't see this as a new club.  This is not about a 'club'
but
> > > > networking people of the particular interest.
> > > >
> > > > I think having people on both lists makes sens.  A new person
> > looking
> > > > for Linux contacts may find meetup.com before they stumble on
> > grlug.
> > > >
> > > > Also we had rather humble turnout at the meetings so putting
more
> > > > advertising of GRLUG meetings online in various places may be
> > > > beneficial.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Szymon Machajewski
> > > >
> > > > Solutions Engineer / DBA
> > > > Red Hat Certified Engineer
> > > > Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
> > > > www.grcc.edu/smachaje 
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >>> bob.kline at gmail.com 7/1/2006 10:36:49 pm >>>
> > > > This is a group of people that don't find GRLUG what
> > > > they want?  Or don't know about GRLUG?   I see at
> > > > least one person that has appeared in the GRLUG
> > > > messages.
> > > >
> > > > I looked at the site,  but still am not too sure what
> > > > the point is.  Are they looking for a new club to form?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >     -Bob
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 7/1/06, brad <brad0002 at ameritech.net> wrote:
> > > > > For anyone interested in this group.
> > > > > http://linux.meetup.com/cities/us/mi/grand_rapids/ 
> > > > >
> > > > > Brad
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