[wplug] [wplug-announce] Installfest Saturday January 10

Ben Beige b.beige at zoominternet.net
Sat Jan 3 00:14:49 EST 2004


Umm you said Nov. 15th...

At 10:38 PM 1/2/2004 -0500, Beth Lynn wrote:
>This is a reminder that we will be holding the next WPLUG installfest
>next week Saturday November 15. The installfest will NOT be on January 3rd
>since this is somewhat of a holiday weekend.
>
>The meeting will take place in Carnegie Mellon University's Newel Simon
>Hall, room 1507 and will run from 10am until 5pm.  Show up earlier
>rather than later to ensure that you can get help. If you need help
>finding the place or need someone to open the door call 412 268 7579
>or 8-7579 on a campus phone between 10am-5pm and someone will help you.
>If you've never been here before, please check out the map
>http://www.wplug.org/meetings/one-location?location_id=1
>A different map and directions can be found here
>http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~bethlynn/wplugmap/
>
>Installfests, as well as all WPLUG meetings, are open to the general
>public. If you just want to see what Linux is about or you've been
>a Linux guru for years, the WPLUG installfest is for you.
>
>For those who don't know, the purpose of an installfest is to
>facilitate new installations of Linux as well as troubleshoot, upgrade,
>or generally provide help with an existing installations.  If you just
>want to just show off your new hardware or some software goodies, that's
>cool too. So bring your machine and have some fun!
>
>As well as your machine, you will want to bring your monitor, network
>cables, power cables, surge protector, mouse, keyboard, media, etc.
>Don't worry, there will be a cart on hand to haul all of your stuff in.
>
>For all those who may be interested, please contact Bill Moran to request
>a free wplug name tag. You can have whatever you want on your name tag,
>nickname, company name, email address, urls, WPLUG member since 1999,
>"ask me about...", etc. Just so the content is 4 lines or less of text.
>Name tags are for anyone who wants them but they aren't required. So
>if you want a name tag, email Bill (wmoran at potentialtech.com) and he will
>help you with that time permitting.
>
>Installfests of course also need volunteers to help with the installs
>and generally be available for questions.  So even if you don't feel like
>bringing your own machine, come and help others out!
>
>In particular, we need one or two folks who can volunteer to be a co-host.
>The job of the co-host for an installfest is setup, cleanup, hanging signs,
>answering the phone, general crowd management, etc. If interested, please
>email bethlynn at wplug.org.
>
>Pizza lunch will be served around noon for a donation of $5.
>Don't make me stand up on a chair this time! PEEET-ZA!
>
>Hope to see you there
>
>Beth Lynn
>
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Ben Beige
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