On 7/16/06, Alexander Henry wrote: > > Community event: Phoenix Linux User's Group (PLUG) Installfest: > > Preparing your computer for Vista! > > > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > CALENDAR POSTING > > > > > What: 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, near Fry's Electronics Tempe). > > When: Saturday, July 29, 2006, 10:00 a.m. thru 4:00 p.m. > > RSVP: InstallFest@PLUG.phoenix.az.us > - Your computer with specs and equipment > - What you hope to accomplish and learn by installing Linux > - Encouraged to RSVP but not required > > Who: Anyone who wants to see Linux or run it on their computer. > - Volunteers always needed, please e-mail your pledge for time. > > Installations take over two hours, please arrive within the first few > hours. > > > > ONE-SENTENCE FORMAT - CALENDAR FORMAT > > 07/29 (Saturday 10:00am - 4:00pm) Phoenix Linux User Group (PLUG) > Would like to prepare your computer for Vista! Bring your computer, > volunteers will install Linux for you to use at home. Where: University of > Advancing Technology: 2625 W. Baseline Tempe, AZ 85283. > > > > > SHORT FORMAT - CALENDAR FORMAT - AZIPA/AZTECHLIST/TECHOASIS FORMAT > > 07/29 (Saturday 10:00am - 4:00pm) Phoenix Linux User Group (PLUG), a group > of professionals and enthusiasts, would like to prepare your computer for > Vista! > 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 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. > RSVP > is strongly encouraged to ensure the right volunteers will be available > for > your needs, but not required. Please RSVP to > InstallFest@PLUG.phoenix.az.us > with the following information: Your computer with specs and equipment you > wish to run, and what you hope to accomplish and learn by installing > Linux. > Installations take over two hours, please arrive within the first few > hours. > PLUG: http://plug.phoenix.az.us > > > > > LONG/ARTICLE FORMAT > > (Phoenix, Arizona) -- Saturday, July 29, 2006 > > The Phoenix Linux User Group (PLUG) Installfest, preparing your computer > for Vista! The Phoenix Linux User Group is holding their monthly Linux > Installfest > Saturday, July 29, from 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 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. While no RSVP is > required, > if you are considering attending, an e-mail to the event coordinator > stating > your specific interest would be greatly appreciated. Please e-mail > InstallFest@PLUG.phoenix.az.us with "Installfest" in the subject > line. The > PLUG Installfest is held at UAT on the last Saturday of every month. > > 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 > to 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 utilized worldwide as a server platform primarily. Its use as a > home > and office desktop operating system is also on the rise. Local computer > vendor and service provider Red Seven (http://www.redseven.biz/) provides > computer systems and IT services to the home user and small business. > National governments in 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 Group is the local Linux user's group (LUG) for the > Phoenix area. Like any other computer user group, it is populated by > hobbyists and computer professionals, and provides a forum for discussion. > Unlike many other computer user groups, LUGs also provide the same > functions > as a "regional office" for IBM, Macintosh, Microsoft, or Sun; they have > 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 Free Software or Open Source > software, > LUGs are entirely volunteer based. 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 anyone may join. PLUG also welcomes users and > fans of all Free Software and Open Source Software such as GNU and > FreeBSD. > > For more information, see: > The Phoenix Linux User's Group website: http://plug.phoenix.az.us > Linux Online: http://www.linux.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 > In regard to the part where it says: > PLUG holds several monthly meetings: one > in the southwest Phoenix area, one in Glendale, one in Mesa, and one in Tempe. [...] some updating of the "standard script" might be in order [next time]. I think the "West Side" meetings that used to be held in *Glendale*, are now held at a location [near Bell Road and I-17] that is technically in Phoenix. So maybe it should say something more generic, like "West Side" instead of "Glendale". just a 0.02 suggestion... -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwartz@acm.org Mike.L.Schwartz@gmail.com