[W2l] Welcome-to-Linux/Welcome-to-FOSS Planning - what we'd like to have

[Shlomi Fish]

On Sunday 20 Sep 2009 18:42:49 Ori Idan wrote:
> As allways I volunteer to give the philosophy lecture.

That would be nice. I think we should also need a backup lecturer. Maybe Eddie 
or Lisha or someone. And if you have any comments on the summary that would be 
nice.

> I can also give a rerun of the living in the community lecture.

I don't think it will be necessary as part of the core 2-4 parts series. We'll 
just refer people to the slides, or maybe you give them as part of the 
extended series. I think the original "How to ask questions the smart way" by 
ESR & Rick Moen is instructive but a bit patronising. As important netiquette 
is, we should be friendly and tolerable to questions of newcomers, even if 
they appear a little clueless at first, because they may prove to be a useful 
addition to our community. See for example, my:

http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/perl-newcomers/

And there's been some discussion on related topics on the Perl blogosphere 
lately too.

I realise newbies and especially the clueless ones can be annoying, but I'd 
rather not lose a single one because, one by one, we can end up losing a lot. 
I've already talked with a FOSS developer on Freenode's #perl who said he's 
been using NetBSD because #netbsd was the only distribution channel which 
treated him with friendliness and respect. So things like that count.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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