Does Facebook do PSA ? What about Craigslist? On Monday, May 26, 2014 04:32:18 PM Michael Havens wrote: > Here's an idea.... see if NAU will donate some radio time to do a public > service announcement. > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 4:28 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > > Yeah.... there is a computer club up here with a Linux sub section but > > they charge too..... I'll check out the Library option. Thanks for that. > > So > > how do you think I could let people know about this in > > Prescott/Payson/Flagstaff? > > > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 1:16 PM, wrote: > >> Tucson Computer Society charged dues and it was mostly retired hobbyists. > >> > >> The Tucson Free Unix group was like PhxLUG - no dues and serious folks > >> for > >> > >> the most part. > >> > >> On 2014-05-26 13:37, Nathan O'Brennan wrote: > >>> I tried doing several in Payson through out the years. We have a small > >>> computer club called PACA, but it really consists of a bunch of old guys > >>> that > >>> show up to ask the couple real techs questions all night. Not a whole > >>> lot of > >>> fun. And then while the library room they use is free to use, they > >>> charge dues > >>> and are really fussy about it. Kind of funny. > >>> > >>> I would suggest you make some flyers and hit up any book stores you have > >>> and > >>> ask to post your flyer. A lot of times the book store will host you. > >>> ALso, try > >>> putting a flyer in your local post office. Often they will let you put > >>> up a > >>> flyer that can only hang around for 2 - 4 weeks, which is ideal. > >>> > >>> Our library here will allow the room to be used without fee as long as > >>> you > >>> record how many showed up. Maybe your library will do the same. > >>> > >>> On Sunday, May 25, 2014 12:44:59 AM Michael Havens wrote: > >>>> I want to do an installfest up here in lil ol cottonwood. how should I > >>>> proceed? > >>>> 1- I need to set a date and get a venue. Do you think I can get the > >>>> local > >>>> community college to donate that? > >>>> 2- I need to let people know about it. I think I should advertise in > >>>> Payson > >>>> and Prescott as well.... possibly Flagstaff. Cottonwood is in the > >>>> middle of > >>>> those three places 60 miles to each of them. How do I advertise with no > >>>> budget? Maybe I should coordinate with the unix professor at NAU. > >>>> Prescott > >>>> only has community colleges so they're windows-centric. Embry Riddle > >>>> Aeronautics is there but they teach airlplane mechanics so I don't know > >>>> about computer stuff. > >>>> 3- Arrange for a guest speaker or for someone to do a presentation. I > >>>> need > >>>> to dig into the brain-trust of PLUG for that. Anyone want to volunteer > >>>> to > >>>> escape the heat of Phoenix for a day? > >>>> > >>>> Wait a second, there are people from Prescott and Payson on this list! > >>>> Do > >>>> you two have any ideas? > >>>> > >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: > >>>> ps- I just wrote a note to the computer teacher at the local community > >>>> college and was wanting advice on the content: > >>>> > >>>> Hello. > >>>> My Name is Michael Havens and I'm an enthusiast for open source > >>>> software. I > >>>> was wanting to do something where people who are interested in > >>>> experimenting with open source software in the area > >>>> (Flagstaff/Prescott/Payson) would all meet at a central location and > >>>> have > >>>> Linux installed on their computer. I was hoping I could get the school > >>>> to > >>>> donate a room and internet access to this purpose. Would you assist me > >>>> in > >>>> getting this? > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Regards, > >>> > >>> Nathan England > >>> > >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >>> NME Consulting Services http://www.nmecs.com > >>> Nathan England (nathan@nmecs.com) > >>> Systems Administration / Web Application Development > >>> Information Security Consulting > >>> (480) 559.9681 > >>> > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------- > >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Regards, Nathan England ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NME Consulting Services http://www.nmecs.com Nathan England (nathan@nmecs.com) Systems Administration / Web Application Development Information Security Consulting (480) 559.9681 --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss