First off, thanks for everyone involved for putting their time & effort at the event, as well as those others who invest their time & energy to the site or keeping things running smoothly "behind the scenes." I wish I could've been there to help out.
<br><br>As far as expanding our recruitment efforts. Maybe some of the caltech students aren't aware of the fact that once they become professionals, they'll most likely be using a Linux distro as their primary OS. For example, the OS of choice for Forensic Scientists is a Linux distro (can't remember the name off the top of my head). Then there's others, like Scientific Linux, that's used in labs & universities around the world as well. These students could get a major "leg up" by familiarizing themselves with Linux now instead of trying to play catch-up later. I'm sure there's a lot more (maybe list members could come up with a few that focus on the sciences) distros out there that could directly benefit said students. The trick will be balancing the existing framework while trying to attract academics (maybe a sister club or "junior" club could facilitate that). Just some thoughts.
<br><br>HTH,<br>--miguel<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/3/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Swantje</b> <<a href="mailto:swantje@gmail.com">swantje@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 10/3/07, matti <<a href="mailto:mathew_2000@yahoo.com">mathew_2000@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>><br>> The LaTex topic maybe very good for a lot of<br>> people. I think we should look at WHO would<br>> benefit from it, and spread the word based on
<br>> that.<br>><br><br>Anyone who's going to write a scientific paper or even a thesis would<br>benefit. MSWord can't even handle thesis length documents without the<br>danger of crashing and losing the document...
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