Should installfest be capitalized? i.e. Installfest. Or my personal favorite: InstallFest. Should co-coordinator be coordinator? Should "regional office" be "regional office" or "Regional Office" Do you really want your email address published as in "Alexander Henry "? George > -----Original Message----- > Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Phoenix Linux User's Group (PLUG) Installfest > From: Alexander Henry > > Pluggers, this is my press release to the papers, azipa and > AZ Technology > Council. Please review it for errors in grammar, meaning, > and logic. I > will put it out Wednesday morning. > > The way I understand press releases work, you put out lots of > information > often. So I'm saving this, I'll modify it slightly if > needed, and put it > out once or twice a month to the news outlets. > > > > > > > Community event: Phoenix Linux User's Group (PLUG) Installfest. > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > CALENDAR POSTING > > > > LONG/ARTICLE FORMAT > > (Phoenix, Arizona) -- May 6, 2004 > > The Phoenix Linux User's Group (PLUG) and the Arizona Open Technology > Organization (AZOTO) are holding their monthly Linux > installfest Saturday, > May 29'th, all day from 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. at the University of > Advancing Technology (UAT), 2625 W Baseline Tempe, just west > of I-10. > Free and open to the public. Bring your P.C. for free > one-on-one help > with installing Linux. The Linux installfest also features > demos to view > Linux for those considering switching to Linux for home or > business use, > as well as Knoppix CD's to try Linux at home without damaging > your PC or > files. No RSVP required, however if you are considering > attending please > e-mail the event co-ordinator Alexander Henry > with > 'Installfest' in the subject line, stating your specific > interest. The > PLUG/AZOTO Installfest is held at UAT on the last Saturday of > every month. > > "PLUG and AZOTO, in the past, had only held bi-annual install > conferences," says Alexander Henry, PLUG member and event > coordinator. > "These install conferences were huge, and included not only > one-on-one > installation help and Linux demos, but presentations and > givaways. The > members at PLUG and AZOTO now feel the community would be > better served > with smaller monthly installfests." The larger install > conferences will > still be held. "We always had a great turnout at these install > conferences, even though we only marketed through web forums > and e-mail. > This indicates to me the public is hungry for the support and > the kind of > forum that installfests provide." Alexander also cited > greater worldwide > interest in Linux, support from large companies such as IBM and > Hewlett-Packard, confusion raised by the recent lawsuits by > SCO against > IBM, and exponentially increasing Windows virus outbreaks has raised > greater interest in Linux. "Also, there was always a fraction of > conference attendees who needed 'just one more thing' done with their > system. With monthly installfests, they could just return > next month. We > can better serve everyone." Alexander continued that in the > future, given > demand, larger computer setup demonstrations as well as regular group > tutorials would be held. > > Linux is a free Unix-type operating system originally created > by Linus > Torvalds with the assistance of developers around the world. > Developed > under the GNU General Public License, the source code for > Linux is freely > available to everyone. Apart from the fact that it's freely > distributed, > Linux's functionality, adaptability, and robustness has made > it the main > alternative for proprietary Unix and Microsoft operating > systems. IBM, > Hewlett-Packard and other giants of the computing world have embraced > Linux and support its ongoing development. More than a decade > after its > initial release, Linux is being adopted worldwide as a server > platform > primarily. Its use as a home and office desktop operating > system is also > on the rise. The operating system can also be incorporated > directly into > microchips in a process called "embedding" and is > increasingly being used > this way in appliances and devices. Countries such as China, India, > Germany, Singapore, Brazil, and many more are adopting Linux as their > official operating system in both servers and desktops. Some > governments > are adopting economic policies around a future boom in Linux. > > The Phoenix Linux User's Group is the local Linux user's > group (LUG) for > the Phoenix area. Like any other computer user group, they > are populated > by hobbyists and computer professionals, and provide a form for > discussion. Unlike computer user groups, LUGs also provide the same > functions as a "reigonal office" for IBM, Macintosh, > Microsoft, or Sun, > and has the responsibility to train, support, and educate > Linux users, > coordinate Linux consultants, advocate Linux as a computing > solution, and > serve as liaison to local news outlets. Because Linux is 100% Free > Software and Open Source software, LUGs are 100% volunteer > and unpaid. > PLUG holds several monthly meetings: one in the southwest > Phoenix area, > one in Glendale, one in Mesa, and one in Tempe. PLUG > membership is free > and open to anyone, and also welcomes users and fans of all > Free Software > and Open Source Software such as GNU and FreeBSD. > > The Arizona Open Technology Organization (AZOTO) is an Arizona based > non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the use of > Free Software > and Open Standards in the state of Arizona. > > For more information, see: > The Phoenix Linux User's Group website: http://plug.phoenix.az.us > The Arizona Open Technology Organization website: http://www.azoto.org > Linux Online: http://www.linux.org > > > > SHORT FORMAT - CALENDAR FORMAT - AZIPA/AZTECHLIST/TECHOASIS FORMAT > > 5/29 (Saturday 10:00am - 5:00pm) Phoenix Linux User's Group (PLUG) > Installfest. Where: University of Advancing Technology: 2625 > W. Baseline > Tempe, AZ 85283 (Baseline Road, just west of I-10 and Pointe > Hilton South > Mountain, south side of Baseline). The Phoenix Linux User's > Group and the > Arizona Open Technology Organization (AZOTO) would like to > invite you to > our monthly Linux installfest. Bring your PC, Mac, or other for > one-on-one help to get your machine running Linux, and to > learn how to use > Linux. If you're interested in Linux for home, please stop > by and see our > demos. If you are researching Linux for business use, > especially small > business, please contact Alexander Henry below, and we will arrange a > specific demo. **NOTE** This is a brand new event for us. > In the past, > we had only offered bi-annual, larger install conferences. > We decided on > monthly installfests because we feel that there is a need for > more in this > community. We believe this event may snowball into something > larger. > RSVP appreciated, indicate interests: Alexander Henry > PLUG: http://plug.phoenix.az.us AZOTO: > http://www.azoto.org > > -- > > --Alexander --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss