WooHoo! Big one today! See you at Sequoia!
Install Fest II - 07-11 Status
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Critical Path Tasks:
- Find a location.
Steve is now hot on the trail of GCC, should get it
any day now, and would be nice to be putting out
feelers until they confirm, in case the sky falls.
Fall is a busy time in the valley - locations will
be fully booked soon.
Tasks:
- Assess priority and feasibility of suggestions.
- Identify volunteers for open slots.
- Start warming up the sponsors.
News:
WOW! This is going really well!
Jim Farli is keeping the site on pace with all the
updates!
http://www.plugpresents.com/installfest2/index.html
Chef Raymond Cantwell has offered coordinate the food!
Lee Einer raised the question of having too many people
come to Install Fest 2. I am thrilled that this is a
realistic concern!
Justin Zeigler and Harry McGregor of the Open Source
Education Foundation (OSEF) have offered presentations
on education and Open Source!
Justin Zeigler and Harry McGregor of OSEF have offered
2 demo systems - one showing a child-oriented GUI with
education software, the other showing teacher and all-
age student software!
Justin Zeigler and Harry McGregor of OSEF have offered
to do installs in Debian, and Justin also does FreeBSD,
Mandrake and SuSE!
Justin Zeigler and Harry McGregor of OSEF have offered
to provide 802.11b nodes, projectors, and network gear!
OSEF (if you hadn't noticed) has officially offered
their support!
Debian has officially offered their support!
O'Reilly will be sending some books! (Thanks Jim!)
Jim is in touch with Sam's Publishing and it looks
very likely!
Suggestions:
+ More Install Stations
+ Press Releases on 31 July and 31 Aug
+ School (K-12) Oriented Press Release(s)
+ School (College) Oriented Press Release(s)
+ School (K-12,College) Direct Invitations
+ Mailing List Registration - Current Lists
+ May We Contact You? - Attendees
+ May We Contact You? - Install Customers
+ Demo Zone With Demonstrators
+ Presentations
+ PLUG Promotional Materials (PLUG Flyer)
+ Homemade Cheesecake
+ 802.11
- Preliminary Survey - User Needs?
- Feedback Survey - How to Improve?
- Demo - Win/Lin Shootout / Corporate Usability
- PLUG Promotional Materials (PLUG T-Shirt)
Sponsor Status:
- UnityWave - Will be there!
- AZOTO - Will be there!
- RedHat - Will be there!
- Sun - Will be there!
- OSEF - Will be there!
- Debian - Will be there!
- O'Reilly - Sending some stuff!
- Sam's Publishing - Jim has them in process!
Volunteers:
Flyer: Michelle Lowman
Press: Lee Einer
Site: Steve (foodog) (pending GCC approval)
Web Site: Jim Farli
School Contact: Anthony (tickticker) & Tom Emerson
Chef: Raymond Cantwell
Chairman: Bob Bushman
802.11: Justin Zeigler & Harry McGregor
Installers:
Technomage (pending location): RedHat, Mandrake
Justin Zeigler: Debian, FreeBSD, Mandrake, SuSE
Harry McGregor: Debian
Demonstrators:
Jonathon Claxton: Video Games
Justin Zeigler: Educational Software
Harry McGregor: Educational Software
Presenters:
Justin Zeigler: Educational Software
Harry McGregor: Educational Software
Open Volunteer Slots (verified):
- Sponsor Wrangler
Contact companies regarding sponsorship.
Alan has been mentioned as a good resource
for contacts.
- Installers
Be on hand day of show to do installs.
Typically oriented by distro, and would
be nice to have some specialists (multi-boot,
firewall, etc).
- Demonstrators
Be on hand day of show to demo Linux's
mind-bending power. Please make sure that
a computer with the proper gear will be on
hand (bring your own may be the best call).
- Contact Registration
Arrange electronic and paper registration
for mailing lists and "May We Contact You"s.
- Demo Zone
Arrange demonstrators and coordinate efforts
to provide appropriate systems.
- Presentations
Arrange presenters and coordinate access to
a projector and OpenOffice presentation
software.
- Legal
Make sure our collective butt is covered.
In particular consider the data loss indemnification
from last time, and the cost/benefit/permission of
selling T-shirts, StarOffice, and/or cheesecake.
Open Volunteer Slots (proposed):
- Surveys
Arrange print and online versions of two
surveys: Preliminary, focusing on the type
of install needed. Feedback, focusing on
opportunities for improvement. A first draft
of a feedback survey is available.
- T-Shirts
Arrange printing of PLUG T-Shirts for sale
and/or doorprizes at Install Fest. Probably
requires harvesting of donations and/or
investment in return on sales.
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