The InstallFest Post Mortem this evening was a lot of fun, and can be briefly summarized as, "InstallFest was great! Let's do it again!" With that in mind the list of volunteers for the West Side InstallFest has begun: Flyer: Michelle Lowman Press: Lee Einer Site: Steve (foodog) (pending GCC approval) Web Site: Jim Farli Chairman: Bob Bushman Sponsor Wrangler: Available Installers: Anyone here ever installed Linux before? Other: How would you like to help? It was mentioned that der.hans provided quite a bit of invaluable wiring and power gear, that Alan has an appreciable network of sponsor contacts (and Jim may be able to bend the ear of someone at O'Reilly), and that William Lindley might have some organizational advice. Of course, your help is appreciated in any area you can support. As a tentative date, I'd like to suggest Saturday, September 28. Jim suggested this would give students time to settle into the fall semester and start looking for weekend distractions. On potential improvements, some things that caught my attention at the post mortem were: 1. More stations to allow more simultaneous installs. 2. Preliminary survey to identify users who want specialized installs. 3. Trans/Post-liminary survey to record the gear being used, OS being replaced, FAQs, etc. 4. Bob ------------------------------------------------------------------- "...it's time to drop all the Reagan-era cliches and face facts. That much economic clout in the hands of one company is bad for the whole software industry. Including Microsoft. This is [no longer] a free market." - Flying Monkey 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------