[wellylug] Installfest 2008???

[Ian Beardslee]

On Mon, June 30, 2008 6:31 am, pcreso at pcreso.com wrote:
> The list seems much quieter these days, with fewer contributors (apart
> from the recent foray into document formats for job applications :-). So
> I'm not sure how much interest or support there is for an installfest type
> event this year.
>
> Since I'm around Wgtn this year (except for a week in August where I'm
> presenting papers on FOSS at a conference in Rio :-) I figured I'd see if
> there is enough interest around to organise an Installfest this year.
>
> The trend for the last few was more about answering enquiries, demo's,
> presentations than actually doing installs, so if we are interested in
> doing something, ideally in association with Software Freedom Day in Sept,
> we'll need to sort out what the format will be, & get enough volunteers to
> make it work.
>
>
> Comments/concerns/volunteers???

I'll be happy to put some effort in on the day as needed.  The lead up to
it, organising .. well, let's just say I don't need something else to
organise at the moment.

Fitting in with SFD and maybe building on any hype associated with the NZ
Open Source Awards (24 September) would be a good idea.

Speaking of NZOSA .. please get your nominations in ..
http://www.nzosa.org.nz  :-)

Ian