[wellylug] Meeting 10th March

[Jethro Carr]

On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 19:06 -0700, Brent Wood wrote:
> 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!!  

A small dedicated team would be needed to organise an expo, and TBH, I
don't think there is that team - well, within Wellylug at least.

I'd like to help, but I certainly wouldn't have the time to be able to
organise something like this - I imagine there would be a few people in
this situation.


> Personally, I think that NZOSS is a more appropriate group to do this than
> Wellylug, as a national organisation with more corporate involvement.

To be able to secure sponsorships, etc, a registered organisation would
be needed, NZOSS would be well placed for that.


> 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. 

It would make sense to combine all these events.

-- 
Jethro Carr

www.jethrocarr.com
www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?cms=blog

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