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 <
ejs@shubes.net> 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 <ejs@shubes.net
> > <mailto:ejs@shubes.net>> 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 <ejs@shubes.net
> > <mailto:ejs@shubes.net>> 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:
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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> > The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain
> > occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.
> > - Thomas Jefferson
> >
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