<div dir="ltr">Hi Deid,<div><br></div><div>Well, the Pi Camp is full of good stuff, I think it was aimed more at a hands on audience who (ostensibly) wanted to use the Pi. I doubt this group is interested in Ohm's Law, for example.</div><div><br></div><div>As I remember OPCUG from my Ottawa days, they were mostly Windows folks. So I think:</div><div><ol><li>some chat about the Pi4 would be useful (something the VicPiMakers would also be interested in, BTW)</li><li>the basics of the GUI</li><li>The lack of compatibility with Windows anything (can't run Windows apps, although there may be work-alikes), has a different processor</li><li>The Basic Setup - keyboard, mouse, HDMI display, or run Headless (then use VNC or RDP?)</li><li>Some Cool Apps: Flight Aware, Motion Eye, Linux Containers (Ottawa is the High Tech centre of Canada)</li><li>A few pointers to other things that can be done with the Pi: NodeRed, GPIO, Python Programming</li></ol></div><div>BTW, being a Linux and Mac guy, I don't think I ever attended the OPCUG, but did attend the Mac and Linux groups in Ottawa.</div><div><br></div><div>Craig...<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>-- </div><div>IPv6 is the future!</div><div><a href="http://ipv6-net.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">http://ipv6-net.blogspot.ca/</a></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 3:10 PM Deid Reimer <<a href="mailto:deid@drsol.com">deid@drsol.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="zoom:0%"><div dir="auto">Do you think parts of the pi camp that never happened would be useful? Or, are these folks likely past that level? <br><br></div>
<div dir="auto">Deid VA7REI</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On May 3, 2020, at 12:38 PM, "Mark G." <<a href="mailto:vpm@palaceofretention.ca" target="_blank">vpm@palaceofretention.ca</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<pre><br>-------- Forwarded Message --------<br>Subject: Re: Re: [VicPiMakers SG] Fwd: Re: Pi Basics<br>Date: Sun, 3 May 2020 15:25:05 -0400<br>From: Alan German<br><br><br> A couple of replies below.<br> Deid would like to know a bit more about what you'd like<br> covered. Also, how much time is available?<br><br><br>Mark:<br><br>Thanks for your assistance and especially for the prompt replies from <br>your colleagues.<br><br>Normally, we would have a lot of relevant information for speakers on <br>our web site (<a href="https://opcug.ca/speakers-info" target="_blank">https://opcug.ca/speakers-info</a>/) but, with the current <br>concerns relating to Covid-19, very little of it remains so. <br>Consequently, the following notes may assist:<br><br>The Ottawa PC Users' Group (OPCUG) has been serving our local community <br>for close to 40 years. Our main activities for members are a <br>monthly meeting to which we normally invite an external speaker on some <br>computer-related topic, Q&A sessions that immediately follow the <br>speaker's talk, our monthly newsletter (Ottawa PC News), web site, and a <br>members-only, on-line discussion forum. Guests (non-members) are always <br>welcome to attend our meetings. In addition, we have other <br>outreach programmes such as workshops held in the spring and fall, and <br>presentations to members of the public at library branches across the <br>city. Currently, because of the limitations imposed by the pandemic, we <br>are offering brief, weekly Q&A sessions over video-conferencing.<br><br>The Raspberry Pi computer has been suggested as a topic for our regular <br>monthly meetings on a number of occasions and, while we have the BuyaPi <br>store and a number of Pi enthusiasts in the city, we have been unable to <br>find a local speaker for this topic. Jeff had mentioned to me your work <br>on Jitsi as OPCUG has commenced using video-conferencing due to our <br>current inability to hold face-to-face meetings. I noted that this <br>effort was linked, in part, to Victoria PiMakers and saw from the web <br>site that this group was very active with the Pi and, in particular, had <br>recently given an introductory course on the Pi. Hence my interest and <br>inquiry.<br><br>I suspect that most members of OPCUG will know that the Pi exists, and <br>have a basic idea of what it is, but that is almost certainly as far as <br>it goes. But, it is a fascinating device and I am sure that everyone <br>would love to learn more about it and what they could do with it. Our <br>scheduled talks are usually 90 minutes in duration, including questions, <br>so clearly the presentation would have to be fairly concise. But, it <br>should be considered just as an introduction to the topic so a lot of <br>detail is likely not required. My thoughts were along the lines of:<br><br>(1) a brief history of the Pi<br>(2) an overview of the latest model<br>(3) the "accessories" required (e.g. power supply, SDcard, video cable, <br>etc.)<br>(4) a couple of examples of "shovel-ready" applications (i.e. <br>off-the-shelf software for specific tasks)<br>(5) a brief indication of some of the capabilities of the Pi for someone <br>willing to roll up their sleeves (e.g. programming the I/O system)<br><br>Obviously, not knowing all that much about the Pi myself, the above are <br>simply suggestions. We would, of course, be guided by whoever would <br>be willing to provide a presentation to our group.<br><br>As I indicated, our meetings are currently being held by (Zoom) <br>video-conference so a remote presentation is obviously the route to take <br>for a talk by one of your group if such can be arranged. We are limited <br>to our regular meeting schedule, i.e. on the second Wednesday of the <br>month (e.g. June 10 is currently available), commencing at 7:30 pm EST, <br>although I would think that we could switch the main presentation and <br>the Q&A session around if a later starting time would be preferred for <br>the west coast. And, while there is always the possibility of regular <br>meetings re-commencing at the church in the fall, we do have Wi-Fi <br>available at this venue so, if this timing would be more appropriate, no <br>doubt a remote presentation could be accommodated by simply running the <br>AV feed into the video projector.<br><br>Anyway, all that to say that our group is very interested in the <br>capabilities of the Pi, is extremely flexible on the logistics, and <br>would be most grateful for any assistance that any member of your <br>organization could provide.<br><br>My very best regards<br><br>Alan<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></pre></blockquote></div></div>-- <br>
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