[wellylug] Meeting 10th March

[Lindsay Hunter]

Yes, that makes sense.  Is NZOSS interested?

Sorry to hear about your wife.  Give her our regards.

Lindsay

> -
>> > > I wonder if we could have another discussion of a Linux expo in
>> > > Wellington rather than an Installfest?  It seems an attractive idea
>> for
>> > > many.  The question is how do you go about it?
>> >
>> > How about we schedule that in for the next meeting, so those
>> interested
>> > in being involved get plenty of warning? :-)
>>
>> By next meeting, I meant April 14th. :-)
>
>
> Hi y'all...
>
> Looks like I'm back in Wgtn for a while. My wife was hit by a car (driver
> on
> cellphone) while I was down in Antarctica, & it looks like some long term
> health problems from this will stop my travels for a while....
>
> Lindsay, I don't see an installfest & expo as exclusive. The last two
> 'fests I
> organised seemed to have as much interest in the various presentations as
> in
> Linux installs. I would think that presentations, workshops,
> demonstrations &
> installs all fit well under an "EXPO" banner.
>
> While I'm happy to organise a small 'fest with a few presentations,
> (noting
> that if I'm not around, no-one else steps up, so last year there wasn't
> one), I
> certainly don't have the skills, knowledge or time to organise a serious
> expo,
> and this suggests it is unlikely anyone else will take this on from
> Wellylug.
> Though I'm happy to be proved wrong!!
>
> Personally, I think that NZOSS is a more appropriate group to do this than
> Wellylug, as a national organisation with more corporate involvement.
>
> After the success of last years NZ Open Source Awards, & with events like
> Software Freedom Day, it may be better if such an expo looked at having
> all
> these events somewhat concurrently? That is sort of what an expo implies
> to me
> anyway.
>
> Cheers,
>
>    Brent
>
>
>
>
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