[KLUG Members] Call For Speakers

[Adam Tauno Williams]

>>>KLUG is always seeking speakers and presenters.
>>>8. DNS servers: bind and djbdns
>>I'm a relatively seasoned DNS administrator/enthusiast, and a huge
>>proponent of djbdns.  Although I've never been to a KLUG meeting, I am 
>>tentatively interested in doing a presentation on this topic.
>Cool!
>>However, I'm not sure exactly how "deep", technically speaking, KLUG 
>>presentations tend to be. 
>They vary greatly.  It's up to you how "deep" you want to get.

Right, this is entirley up to the speaker.  The typical KLUG audience is very
diverse.

>>I'm also wondering what kind of format you're 
>>expecting for a "bind and djbdns" talk -- are people looking more for
>>HOWTOs on both servers, or a comparison/advocacy-type presentation, or what?  

Feature comparisons, HOWTO, etc... all are reasonable.  Since the audience is
diverse it is ideal to try and include a little for each type of person - new
user, admin, etc...  But it is entirly up to you.

>>Comments welcome...
>It's totally up to you.  How ever you want to present it is fine.
>The list of ideas are only suggestions to get people thinking.  
>We're open to almost any computer related presentation that can
>be linked to Linux.

True.

I think you'll find that ~45 minutes is pretty easy to fill.  People ask
questions too.

>I think a lot of people who attend KLUG meetings use bind but may
>have never used djbdns (myself included).  I'd be interested in
>how they compare, the advantages of one over the other, and what
>it takes to get djbdns running if I decide to do so.

Same here.  I've never used anything other than bind;  but not out of any type
of devotion, it is just what was there and it worked.  Info on alternatives
seems a little scarce.

And there are side benefits to preseting.  Make a nice presention or write up
and KLUG will host it.  This makes you very google-able.  According to personal
experience and articles like
http://www.theopenenterprise.com/story/TOE20021202S0001 this can have a very
positive impact on your employability.  And we submit links to our hosted
presentations to several large web-sites (linux.com, etc...)