[wellylug] Linux Expo

[Centurion Computer Technology (2005) Ltd]

Jethro,

I have cross posted the idea to the NZOSS list, and already had some
responses.  I'd like to see this become a large yearly event, hopefully
attracting some speakers from overseas, and targeting primarily business
IT people, but not neglecting the home user market.  

Are you keen to be on the team as well.  I would like to get a core
group of 6 people to scope the idea and see what we can come up with.
We will work on getting a mailing list through NZOSS I think this is
better than the wellylug org list, tho we can keep that list up to date
as well.

Regards,
	Daniel. 

  

On Sun, 2007-09-23 at 16:31 +1200, Jethro Carr wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-09-23 at 08:02 +1200, Lindsay Hunter wrote:
> > We briefly discussed another Installfest a few months ago.  The 
> > enthusiasm waned.  Given that the planet has moved on etc, is there 
> > another option?.  Do we need another option?  What makes more sense to 
> > me now is a Linux Expo, with all the entrepreneurs in Wellington showing 
> > what they can do, have done, etc, and in one corner, a display and 
> > information desk for home users?  It seems to me that local Linux 
> > business needs a venue to show local small business that they have an 
> > alternative, and let them size up the vendors without getting the feet 
> > wet?  Or do we wait for Dell?
> 
> this is a brilliant idea - I would certainly be keen on helping organise
> this, and I imagine many local businesses would been keen to present.
> 
> We can use the wellylug-org mailing list for discussing this - it's not
> getting used for anything else at the moment.
> 
> 
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