Southwest Missouri Unix Users Group
So last night was our second SMUUG (http://www.smuug.org) meeting. Last time we had four people, by the end of last night we had seven, so we’re growing. We’re still trying to figure out what we’re all about and what our plans for the future are. I think we’re going to try an install party sometime soon. So I’ll let you know how that goes.
The problem I’ve had coming up with content is that I’m not sure who to expect in the crowd. If I come prepared with a presentation on my SAMBA PDC configuration, it may go over the heads of many or at least bore them to tears, but if I start off with basic stuff like using ls, grep, etc. then I could offend those who’ve been using Linux longer than I.
Anyway, I expect that to get easier as we grow. Hopefully we’ll end up with a decent size group who have plenty of experience and will be able to make presentations, then a large group of new Linux users to do presentation to. And occasionally we’ll throw in an advanced topic like SAMBA PDC, or I’d like to see a decent Asterisk presentation as well. We’ll just have to wait and see what the future holds
The noobs vs. pros problem was and continues to be a bit of a struggle for our user group as well. It was especially hard at first, not knowing what people knew and what they were interested in.
Over a year later, we now take a sort of hybrid approach. A more noobish topic followed by an advanced topic, that way there is something for everyone.