Volunteer
The SyrLUG is always looking for volunteers to assist with group tasks and duties. If you'd like to volunteer your time please contact us and let us know how you can help.
Current Volunteers
The following SyrLUG members have volunteered their time to the group:
- Dave Bespiaty - Mailing List Manager
- Scott Brady - Group Coordinator, Fest Coordinator
- Jim Dishaw - General Meeting Facilitator
- Mike Miller - Command Line Corner, General Meeting Facilitator
- Dave Soergel - General Meeting Facilitator
Thanks to everyone!
Presentation Ideas
The following is a short list of presentation ideas. We always welcome suggestions for presentation topics. Please contact us if you want to give a presentation on one of these topics or any other topic.
- Novice:
- Word processing roundup
- Instant messaging clients
- GUI overview (KDE, Gnome, etc.)
- How to copy/cut/paste in Linux (mini presentation)
- Bittorrent
- Intermediate:
- Digital cameras in Linux
- Scanners in Linux (Sane)
- Photo/image manipulation (GIMP, etc.)
- Multimedia: DVDs, Flash, MP3s, Podcasts, online radio, proprietary formats.
- Technical:
- Subversion
- C# and .Net on Linux
- Python
- RSS and Atom feeds
- IPv6 (and other protocols)
- Setting up and configuring a Linux server
SyrLUG Tasks
The following is a list of tasks required to keep the SyrLUG running smoothly. Please contact us if you want to volunteer your time to execute any of these tasks.
- Create monthly meeting agenda
- Print out meeting agenda (~5 copies) and bring to meeting
- Contact Jim Dishaw to reserve Le Moyne meeting room (August, May, January)
- Print out member list and it bring to the meeting
- Update member list:
- Disable bouncing emails
- Add new members
- Update member contact information
- Plan Install and Config Fests:
- Set date and announce Fest
- Reserve meeting room
- Handle Fest sign-ups
- Recruit volunteers
- Set-up and tear-down:
- Move tables
- Extension cords and power strips
- Network gateway and CAT5
- Bring Linux installation CDs
- General website maintenance
- Update meeting information on website
- Update website with latest room number
- Maintain syrlug.org server (system administration)
- Update email reminder message
- Bring Knoppix and Ubuntu disks to meetings
- Question and answer scribe (write questions on the board)
- Recruit presenters and schedule presentations
- Run monthly meetings
- Reply to support forum posts
- Delete SPAM from support forum
- Give presentations as needed