[wlug_org] Installfest update

[Jeremy Naylor]

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Hey Wood and all,

I can put some notices for the next installfest up in Tawa if you want.

Would this be a help?

Thanks,

Jeremy Naylor.

At 01:50 PM 3/8/2004 -0800, you wrote:



>Progress report & where to now stuff....
>
>
>
>I have some dates from Silicon when their facilities will be available for us
>to use.
>
>The weekends of 17/18 April, 24/25 April & 1/2 May are all possible.
>
>
>The first weekend is immediately after Easter weekend, & I suggest we don't
>plan to use that...
>
>If we initially work towards holding it on 24/25th then we still have a
>fallback of 1/2 May if necessary.
>
>This means we have Silicon as the primary sponsor, and I can ask if they will
>be happy to provide printing facilities again (it is likely this will be 
>fine).
>
>
>Dymock's are willing to supply a table of books on Linux & Open Source which
>will be available for purchase, as they did last time.
>
>
>Dymocks are also willing to have a PC in the shop window (cnr of Willis St &
>Lambton Quay) for the week prior to the installfest. I suggest a OO Impress
>looping through a Powerpoint describing Linux & OSS. Near this we can have A4
>or A5 brochures with venue/date/time & sponsor details. I haven't asked
>Silicon, but if they can't then I'm sure we can sort out some PC we can use.
>
>At this stage I'm not sure who else will be involved as a sponsor. Obviously
>given the support from Silicon & Dymocks we won't have competing hardware or
>book sellers.
>
>
>Summat to note from the last installfest, & from comments from others who have
>been involved in other such events, is that many of those turning up simply
>want to see what Linux/OS is about, sort of potential pre-install enquiries
>rather than bringing a PC in for an actual install.
>
>Silicon also have a well setup presentation room which we may be able to use.
>It might be useful to have a PC set up with internet access, email clients,
>Office suite all set up so anyone interested can wander up & see it working
>without hogging the hardware area???? Any comments for/against this?
>
>Silicon will segment their LAN so we have a private network, we'll need 
>one box
>as DHCP server on this, others as clients. It will NOT have internet access,
>tho we will have some access to download stuff elsewhere on site if needed &
>within reason (like drivers prob OK, but full ISO's not :-)
>
>The server would be a good place for ISO's, etc....
>
>If anyone is interested in seeing the venue before we get too much planning
>done, let me know & I can sort it out.
>
>
>Note that the few weeks to go will disappear quickly, so this does need to be
>progressed asap.
>
>
>
>So the done list:
>
>Venue (time & place)
>books
>(live PC for advertising)
>
>
>
>To do:
>
>agree on the date
>sort out who is gonna help & what roles they have
>design/create presentation for shop window
>identify (& coerce) other sponsors
>eg: Linux training, NZOSS, ....
>identify distros to have available for install
>     (may depend on who from WLUG is there?)
>have CD's of ISO's available for purchase (cheaply)
>build CD of things like modem drivers, proprietary graphics drivers, etc for
>use
>    during the install
>decide on live presentation & set up for this if agreed
>community radio advertising?
>community paper articles/interviews for advertising
>notices to stick up around the place (& people to stick them up)
>
>Maybe have some compatible modems available? SM56 or Lucent??
>
>& everything I've omitted/forgotten....
>
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>
>    Brent
>
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Jeremy Naylor
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