[wlug_org] Installfest 2006 Aftermath

[Jethro Carr]

hi all,

Installfest 2006 is over! I feel (like Mark does) that it was a very
successful event and it was well attended. Some interesting things we
found this year where:

- Only 7 installs...

- ..... but lots of people saying "I've installed Ubuntu but need some
help with XYZ". So very successful. :-)

- Probably about 200/250 CDROMs given away. (Remaining CDROMs where
given out to people to give to others)

- Demo systems were very popular again. Definitely something we will
want again next year.

- Presentation attendance was lighter than in other years... I think
this reflects the fact people who were attending were more "clued up"
about Linux, and weren't as interested in learning the absolute basics
Next time we should consider running a mix of some more advanced
presentations.... Possibly an intro to the CLI, as various people
expressed interest in learning the CLI, after seeing some of the tricks
that I was performing with it. :-)

- Well attended - We were busy all day. :-)

- My transparent proxy/dhcp server/iso burning box worked well for the
event and I will use this in future. Having the ability to make burns of
less-popular distributions (eg: xubuntu) on demand was very useful, and
the proxy server also allowed us to update boxes without wasting
bandwidth.

- Interesting thing happened: many users who came, were helping each
other out, explaining what they had learned, which was really great. :-)

- Able to solve problems for everyone, except for one nasty dell machine
that drove Ian to insanity whilst he was trying to get it going. (but I
don't think he had far to go to get there anyway... :-P )


Once again, the venue was GREAT (THANKS SILICON!!!). We had a bit more
space than previous years, which worked out very well. Plus they
provided pizza, coke and coffee for the installfest team, which was well
received. Various attendees also ended up with pizza due to the amount
they ordered being a bit too much. :-)

Thanks to the installfest team (Brent, Ian, Caitlin, Carl, Peter, Mark,
Venkatesh), and to the other wellylug members who popped in and out to
lend a hand. (And thanks to anyone I've forgotten)


There are some photos from the event...(thanks to Caitlin, since I ended
up to busy to take any). I'll get them organised, and once they are
online, I'll post to the list.


thanks,

-- 
Jethro Carr

www.jethrocarr.com
www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?page=cv/cv.php
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