IF2 Status 07-11

[Robert Bushman]

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.