Next InstallFest

[Robert Wultsch]

Score! No clue where it should be but the when I have some thoughts on. 
How bout at least a month from now.

George Gambill wrote:

> I am willing to try co-coordinating the next InstallFest.  Hopefully Michael
> will also be willing to co-coordinate it with me.  
> 
> My philosophy on managing a project within a volunteer organization (no
> legitimate authority) such as PLUG, is to provide answers and allow the
> powers that be (members) to shoot (refine) them down as needed.
> 
> Such things as: 
>   We have selected a preliminary date of xx/xx/xxxx.  
>   Speak now or forever hold your peace.
> 
>   We have selected xyz as the location.  
>   Speak now or forever hold your peace.
> 
> However, we are going to need help (read volunteers).
> 
> Volunteers like Michelle who seems to have found an attractive location
> (site).
> 
> Volunteers to coordinate such things as who will provide how many of which
> distros to give away.
> 
> Volunteers to ....
> 
> Together I think we can pull this off with minimum burden to any one person.
> 
> All those in favor ...
> 
> All those opposed ...
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Subject: Re: Next InstallFest
> 
> Am 25. Jun, 2003 schw=E4tzte George Gambill so:
> 
> 
>>Is there anything working on a "next" InstallFest?
> 
> 
> We have had an offer to host from "The Front" in Peoria. I believe they als=
> o
> have other locations around town. Maybe run mini-InstallFests at multiple
> locations? Probably too much work at this point, though.
> 
> We also have an offer from elite pc in Tempe, but I think their facility is
> too small for a full-sized InstallFest.
> 
> We've also been invited back to SCC and I'm betting we can get into GCC
> again as well.
> 
> What we need are volunteers to run the project. To be fair to Michael, who
> was going to lead it, I was slow in responding before, plus we lost our
> offer at U of Phoenix due to the department that was sponsoring us getting
> slashed.
> 
> Also, bring the box down to the GNU/Linux Stammtisch. We help people every
> month. That's the 3rd Tue night of every month at Bandersnatch in Tempe.
> 
> ciao,
> 
> der.hans
> --=20
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> 
> 
> --__--__--
> 
> Message: 12
> From: "Thomas Cameron" <thomas.cameron@camerontech.com>
> To: "PLUG" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Subject: Re: Cable/Dial-Up failover
> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 09:47:13 -0500
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> 
> I wrote a watchdog for a client that ran via cron (can't find it now, and
> the client no longer uses dialup).  Every minute it pinged the next hop 5
> times.  If the ping failed, it ran ifup ppp0 and changed the default route
> to the ppp0 route.
> --
> Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT
> Cameron Technical Services, Inc.
> (512) 454-3200 Main
> http://www.camerontech.com
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bryce C" <Plug@BryceCo.Net>
> To: "PLUG" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 11:44 PM
> Subject: Cable/Dial-Up failover
> 
> 
> 
> --__--__--
> 
> Message: 13
> Subject: Re: COX blocks outbound smtp
> From: David Mandala <davidm@them.com>
> To: Plug <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Organization: THEM
> Date: 27 Jun 2003 09:22:05 -0700
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> 
> Noticed a new fun feature that COX has implemented. If you connect to
> their SMTP severs from outside their network to relay mail they don't
> refuse it, they black hole it and dump the mail. They don't properly
> refuse it just accept it and dump it!
> 
> That is a big problem. My wife's notebook had been setup with the
> necessary forward command and then she took the laptop to her new job.
> Fortunately the first email she sent was to me, when she did not hear
> back from me she called.
> 
> I checked her mail logs, saw the message was sent and accepted for
> delivery. It NEVER arrived. Then I reset her mail server to send
> directly and had her resend the mail, I got it in seconds.
> 
> Anyway long story short, be careful if you use a laptop or you may lose
> outbound mail.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Davidm
> 
>