Stephen, I really need you. Please come for as long as you are able. Eric, I will have a CD for everyone who wants one though most will never use it again. On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Eric Shubert wrote: > Sounds good to me. Hopefully we can wrap half or better of the installs > with enough time left to do the ad hoc "getting started" presentation. > That could be challenging, but we might pull it off if we keep the > objective in mind. > > You'll have a disk for each participant, right? > > Dazed_75 wrote: > > I like it too. Though I wish we had thought of this earlier in the > > week. I had intended to make a form tomorrow afternoon which was part > > data collection from the applicants to provide us with some information > > and part as a checklist for the volunteers for the actual install. I > > will put some thought into amending it as you guys suggested. > > > > With less than 36 hours before we start, I can't see preparing a > > presentation / class but I can see making some notes to drive an ad hoc > > one. I also don't know what our constraints might be without talking to > > Yvvone who asked us to do this. I am sure she is open to suggestion but > > we are still limited by room schedules and how many people are willing > > to hang around for a class/demo at the end of the session. > > > > Here is my proposal for this one: > > > > * give people (applicants) a handout and a form when they come in > > * applicants need to set up their system, read the handout and fill > > out what they can of the form > > * While they are doing that, we circulate among the folks and help > > them. Perhaps one of us might give an intro and answer questions > > while the others circulate, but since people will probably not all > > be there for the start that might not work well. > > * We start doing the installs when we have adequate information for > > each one and answer user questions as we go and move on when > > neither the system nor the applicant needs us. We leave the form > > with the system to help the same or another volunteer pick up the > > install when needed. (I am not confident about this part). > > * IF there is time and IF people are willing to stay, one of us can > > do an ad hoc class/lab about getting started. Alternatively we > > could offer to hold a separate class specifically for that purpose > > on some other day. I could do that one. Yvvone will have to > > schedule it. > > > > I would not be comfortable trying to talk the group through doing their > > own installs because I know from the interviews we did at the Mesa Regal > > Expo that some installs will be problematical and many of the applicants > > would not be willing to attempt it. > > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Eric Shubert > > wrote: > > > > I like this idea. A better learning environment. > > > > Stephen wrote: > > > This i think might be a good idea... create a small form for them > to > > > fill out for username computer name all the non-secure stuff, so > we > > > can give them an idea of what they might want to think about and > then > > > with them all up and running make it a class/install-fest even > with > > > them installing it themselves and having 3-5 people moving about > > > helping with issues. and in the future this will let them > > reinstall or > > > pass on to others. > > > > > > even set up the form to record information they might need in the > > future... > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Eric Shubert > > wrote: > > >> Should we try to do a little presentation after the installs are > > >> (mostly) done that people can follow along on their new systems? > > >> > > >> Dazed_75 wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > -Eric 'shubes' > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > > > > The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain > > occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. > > - Thomas Jefferson > > > > > -- > -Eric 'shubes' > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. - Thomas Jefferson