[SGVLUG] meeting thur

[Claude Felizardo]

On 12/14/06, Sean O'Donnell <sean at seanodonnell.com> wrote:
>
> Claude Felizardo wrote:
> > Anyway, it's also posted on the Caltech Today Calendar:
> >
> > http://today.caltech.edu/calendar/
> >
>
> Software Training: Outlook 2003, Level I (two sessions), 1:00 PM - 5:00
> PM,  120 IMSS Building, 263 S. Chester
> This course will teach the basics of email, including attachments,
> junk-mail filtering, color coding, calendars, task lists, and more.
> Attendees will receive a coursebook and a 128-MB USB Flash drive. The
> training will continue from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on December 15.
> Registration: http://hr.caltech.edu/Education/course_descriptions.htm.
>
> Is it just me, or does anyone else find humor in the irony that one of
> the most 'high-tech' schools in our country still has remedial classes
> for Microsoft Office users?
>
> Anyhow, as you were.

Caltech might be ranked in the top 10 universities and you'd think
that the students and most of the teaching staff would already know
how to use a computer but remember that not everyone is computer
savvy.  Caltech has several academic divisions such as Biology,
Chemistry/Chemical engineering, Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Humanities and Social Sciences, Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy, etc.
Caltech does a lot of research and also operates and manages various
science centers including JPL which itself employs over 5000 people.
This generally means a fairly large bureaucracy so there's bound to be
lots of people that could benefit from these types of class including
administrative assistants, HR, people looking to update their skills
or transition to another area, possibly relatives of employees, etc.

[rant about having to integrate code written by non computer
programmer trained scientists and engineers deleted]

I do not speak for anyone but my self.