[wplug-plan] Installfest crowd size?

[David Ostroske]

I've got to call Lynne Cochran back today. What should I tell her? I'm
still intrigued by the place, even with the cost, but a February
"installfest" (maybe we should have a poll for a new name!) is
unworkable at the Carnegie Carnegie.

-- Dave O


On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Michael Semcheski
<mhsemcheski at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Weber, Lawrence A
> <Lawrence.Weber at ansaldo-sts.us> wrote:
>> Only a part of our by-laws say we are to be advocates and educate.  You could question the effectiveness of Installfests if we are only contacting 10 new people.  Out of those how many even try Linux at home?
>
> I think if you go by what the bylaws state
> (http://www.wplug.org/wiki/ByLaws) as to the group's purpose, the
> installfests meet all four of those criteria.  To me, what's more
> important is that the installfests are a fun way to get together to
> hack or try to solve some problems.  It was at an installfest that the
> wiki and the Recaptcha plugin for the wiki were installed.  I believe
> we also setup a router / firewall that ended up going into the Wilkins
> School.  Its not all just installing linux on a computer for newbies.
> Some of us have been able to get some good work done at the
> installfests.  So maybe I like the term hack-fest better than
> installfest.  Also, its a lot easier to install linux these days then
> it was 10 or 15 years ago, so maybe the installfest's purpose should
> shift a little...
>
>
>> Has we ever considered creating a speakers bureau, focused on demo-ing Linux in High Schools to either students or teachers?  I know many of the School Districts are interested in boosting their technology.  The major problem is allowing strangers into the schools.
>
> I think there are two main problems with the 'speakers bureau' idea.
> First, there is the very difficult problem of getting people cleared
> to go into schools.  Second, we have a limited number of volunteers
> with limited time.
>
> This idea has come up a few times since I've been involved with the
> group's planning efforts, but there's never been anyone to get behind
> it.
>
> Personally, I think people over emphasize linux advocacy.  I'd rather
> see or present examples of the cool things that can be done by an
> expert rather than cater to the lowest common denominator.
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