Craigslist? Why didn't I think of that? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 10:00 PM, Nathan O'Brennan wrote: > > > 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 >