[wlug_org] Installfest update

[Michael Dittmer]

Hi All...

I currently have the LUG Firewall / USB hard-drive at home. Jamie D, if I
can give it back to you in the next week, then we can use the ISO's that are
on that. I also have a large number of ISO's and will be bringing my PC to
the InstallFest to show off Lycoris Desktop/LX Deluxe and Lycoris
ProductivityPak. I'll be bring some other advertising material and examples
of full boxed products. (As they say at weddings: Speak now or forever hold
your peace).

My linux box also has an FTP server to transfer ISO's around a network if
needs be.

24/25 April sounds good to me and gives us the fallback of 1/2 May if
necessary.

Regards

Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: wlug_org-admin@lists.naos.co.nz
[mailto:wlug_org-admin@lists.naos.co.nz]On Behalf Of Wood Brent
Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2004 10:51 a.m.
To: wlug_org@lists.naos.co.nz
Subject: [wlug_org] Installfest update




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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