InstallFest -- Hats Off Status

InstallFest -- Hats Off Status

Our hats (not the Red ones) go off to the following volunteers.

"Thanks for helping further the cause (making it a reality)"

Alan Dayley <alandd@mindspring.com>      Vendors:
Alexander Henry <alexanderhenry@cox.net> Host
Augie Grayfox [grayfox78@cox.net]        RedHat 9 CD's
Bruce Pettycrew <bkpettycrew@cox.net>    RedHat Installation
Bruce Pettycrew <bkpettycrew@cox.net>    Slackware 9.0 CD's
Bart Garst <bartgarst@cox.net>           Debian (Woody) CD's
Craig Brooksby <mailto:azipa@brxb.com>   Host
Dennis Kibbe dennisk@sahuaro.f2s.com     Slackware Installation
Derek Neighbors [derek@gnue.org]         Presentations
der.hans <PLUGd@LuftHans.com>            Press Release
Eldric <eldric@cox.net>                  UAT Contact:
George Gambill <ggambill@computer-guidance.com>
                                         This Thing
Matt Alexander <m@netpro.to>             General Assistance:
Marcia Wilbur [aicra@well.com]           Dead Rat Installation  ;-)
Marcia Wilbur [aicra@well.com]           Debian Installation
Marcia Wilbur [aicra@well.com]           RMS video tape
                                         "Stallman visit October 2001"
Rares Marian <rmarian@linuxmail.org>     Debian Installation
Robert Ambrose [rna@muttsoft.com]        RedHat Installation

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The remaining orphans need TLC from a loving parent (champion)
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Suggested demos(presentations) needing a champion where "Demonstration"
means: Normally one (instructor/demonstrator) to few (as many as can look
over the demonstrators shoulder) students and normally presented in a room
with much other activities going on.

  OpenOffice.org:
      ______

  The GIMP: demo on GNU/Linux and m$
      ______
  Desktop: KDE and/or GNOME
      ______

  GNUe: we've got 20 experts now :)
      ______

  useful things:
    ripping CDs, 
      ______
      photo albums, 
      ______
      'my <datatype>', 
      ______
      viewing faxes
      ______

  What is Free Software? (This might be a presentation.)
      ______

  licensing (This might be a presentation.)
      ______

  Free Software development in .az.us:
    GNUe, 
      ______
      KDE, 
      ______
      GNOME, 
      ______
      familiar, 
      ______
      kernel, 
      ______
      Sodi-Podi, 
      ______
      GDB, 
      ______

  LTSP (This might make a good presentation also)
      ______

  Blender
      ______

  Knoppix for Kids/debian jr.
      ______

  Knoppix
      ______

  Firewalling  (This might make a good presentation also)
      ______

  Security updates: should also be covered in the 'where now?'
      (This might make a good presentation also)
      ______

Please send in suggestions and/or volunteer to do these demos/presentations.

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Giveaways:
  - (see also Vendor above)
  - PLUG handouts:  ______
      ______
  - PLUG business cards: TBD
  - Tux the Penguin, case badges, to all successful installs.
    _____
  - Vendors:
    _____

CDROMs to give away
  - Mandrake 9.1    ______
  - Debian        ______
- Open Office    ______
- Mozilla 1.0.  ______

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Working computers for people to see.
  - Apple G3    
  - ____________     <- KDE?
  - ____________     <- Gnome?
  - ____________     <-- IPAQ or other platform?
  + Firewall Distro demos
    - __________
    - __________
    - FreeSCO: TBD

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Documentation
  Menu(s) to aid in selecting distro, firewall, OpenOffice etc.
    _____
    _____

  After Install Maintenance (apt-get, Up2Date etc.)
    Red Hat
      _____

    Debian
      _____

    Slackware
      _____

  Got it installed, now what?:
    a guide to putting the box on the air at home 
      ( cable/dsl/phone setup, etc. )
      (This might make a good presentation also)
      _____

    Where to find assistance
      (This might make a good presentation also)
      _____

    How to find out what's installed
      (This might make a good presentation also)

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MATERIALS LIST

Start of a list. Let me know which you can bring. Reply to me (not to
all) with any additions / changes. Then we'll cc the pluglist. Ideally
we'd have several folks with a "reserve" of items in their cars' trunks...

GENERAL.
- Markers, paper, tape -- for signs
- Pens, pencils
- Preprinted signs ("Install fest This Way" [left, right, straight])
- Easel, whiteboard, dry markers
- PLUG banner.

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HANDOUTS.
- PLUG business cards
- Flyers
- Vendor materials
- Supply of blank CDRs, and access to ISOs of several distributions
on an operable computer with a CD burner.
- Hardware Inventory / Waiver forms -- see http://www.vlug.org/ifht/

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PARTS.
- power strips / surge protectors (several folks pls bring)
- network switch/hub & cables
- extra network switch/hub & cables for Firewall demos
- spare keyboards
    
- spare mice
    
- various converter plugs, screws, etc.
- screwdrivers
- network cards (PCI, ISA)
- extra floppy drives, cdrom drives, video and sound cards
(for folks with recalcitrant hardware?)
- IDE, floppy cables

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The clerical stuff:

Anywhere you see "_____" is a opening that might fit your name!!!

Please reply off-list with additions or corrections.

When replying off-list to volunteer, please let me know how you want your
name presented, full name, first name and last initial, just first name or
even just their email address or nickname. If you provide no instructions I
will use the name provided in the email header (i.e. ggambill@compu.....)
Thanks,

George Gambill <ggambill@computer-guidance.com>

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What, When, Where:

What: InstallFest
When: 25 October 2003, 10am-4pm
Where: University of Advancing Technology ( http://www.UAT.edu/ )
     2625 W. Baseline Road, Tempe
     Building(s) TBD

Press release at: TBD per Hans

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