Need some help for a special Installfest

[Mike Schwartz]

Has anyone heard back from those Ubuntu AriZona Loco folks?
I sent them a copy of [a reply to] an early part of this thread
(see:
http://lists.plug.phoenix.az.us/lurker/message/20100208.191150.1e2ad3bf.en.html
)

They might be able to help, -- EVEN if, it is (maybe)
in some capacity "other than" showing up in person.
-- 
Mike Schwartz
Glendale  AZ
schwartz at acm.org

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Dazed_75 <lthielster at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 at 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 at shubes.net
>> > <mailto:ejs at 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 at shubes.net
>> >     <mailto:ejs at 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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