I agree. Most users capable of joining a channel on a specified IRC server are not the target audience for "beginner-ish" classes. <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Moss Bliss <<a href="mailto:zaivalananda@gmail.com">zaivalananda@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I would suggest that most of us beginner-ish people don't have a clue how to use IRC and we need to find something more mainstream -- even a Ning page. It has been over a DECADE since I managed to understand IRC enough to use it, the Internet has moved way past there in ease of use. Sorry if this is seen as a rant. Hugs, Moss<div><div></div><div class="h5"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 3:04 PM, markthecarp <<a href="mailto:markthecarp@gmail.com" target="_blank">markthecarp@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hey folks, At the Ubuntu Developer Summit for version 10.04 a couple of weeks ago, there was a discussion for extending Ubuntu Open Week throughout the release cycle by having a few smaller "days" in #ubuntu-classroom which were devoted to certain things. The idea for a Day that took shape was "Ubuntu User Day" where a series of beginner-ish level sessions would take place. The vision is for this to happen on a Saturday and probably last 8-10 hours, depending on how many folks we get volunteering to host sessions. Wiki pages are taking shape here: <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDaysTeam" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDaysTeam</a> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDays" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDays</a> The Ubuntu Community Learning Project Team is pleased to announce the first User Day on January 23rd, Saturday from 1200 UTC to 2200 UTC, which comes to 0700 EST to 1700 EST. The proposed topics can be seen in the UserDaysTeam link above. If anyone is interested in leading sessions, please add your name, topic, and time slot at the bottom of the UserDaysTeam link above. Right now, they don't have many volunteers, so they're looking for a bit of participation from the North Carolina LoCo both in terms of teachers and participants too. I'd like to re-emphasize that most of this is going to be beginners friendly. For those who aren't familiar with the concept, there are sessions using IRC during the Ubuntu Open Week and Ubuntu Developer Week. If you are new to IRC and want to participate, please see <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat</a> For more information on the Ubuntu Community Learning Project please see <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Learning" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Learning</a> -mark -- ubuntu-us-nc mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-us-nc@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-us-nc@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-nc" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-nc</a> </blockquote></div> </div></div>-- ज़ैवलानन्ड President of Asheville Homeless Network - <a href="http://ashevillehomeless.org" target="_blank">http://ashevillehomeless.org</a> Administrative Editor of Eternal Press - <a href="http://eternalpress.ca" target="_blank">http://eternalpress.ca</a> Moss' Malas, <a href="http://mossmalas.ecrater.com" target="_blank">http://mossmalas.ecrater.com</a> See my new site, Med Free or Working On It, <a href="http://medfree.ning.com" target="_blank">http://medfree.ning.com</a> சிவாய நமஹ -- ubuntu-us-nc mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-us-nc@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-us-nc@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-nc" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-nc</a> </blockquote></div>