On Sat, 24 Feb 2007, "Joel Stanley" <joel.stanley@adelaide.edu.au> wrote: > Hello All, > > As I have mentioned to some previously, I am interested in running a > 'student miniconf' at linux.conf.au 2008, which is being held in > Melbourne in January. > > The purpose of the miniconf would be to bring students and young > graduates together to discuss issues relevant to the age group, to > discover the benefits that Free and Open Source software could bring > them in their chosen fields, and to meet the people that will be our > future colleagues and workmates. This sounds like an excellent idea. Assuming that there will be another Education mini-conf, perhaps some form of co-operation can take place? The Education mini-conf at LCA2007 was targeted more at educators than at students, but I feel that it is important for teachers and students to be in dialogue for an educational process to be successful. -- "... if you're a basic PC user thinking about buying XP, don't. It's basically malware. It harangues you with nagging, fake-friendly reminders to obtain a Passport and submit to product activation, and treats you like a child when you try to do anything heretical, like install a device driver of which it disapproves." - Thomas C. Greene, "Win-XP vs Red Hat 7.2", The Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk), 2001-10-30
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