Mid-Cycle Events
david at kvr.com.au
david at kvr.com.au
Fri May 25 02:22:03 UTC 2012
so about that open day...
- David
On 2012-05-25 07:33, Andre Mangan wrote:
> Apology accepted. Now let's close that book.
>
> Andre
>
> On 24 May 2012 20:50, George Patterson <george.patterson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Yes, I have signed the CoC but will point out that the comment
>> wasn't
>> intended as an attack. If interpreted as a negative, I apologise.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> George
>>
>> On 24 May 2012 18:44, Andre Mangan <andremangan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> i think it a sad state of affairs that a contributor's chosen
>>> vocabulary
>> > should be under attack. One single word. This is a forum for
>> exchanging
>> > ideas. What ever happened to signing the Code of Conduct. I have
>> signed it
>> > and abide by it, George. Have you?
>> >
>> > Andre
>> >
>> > .
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 24 May 2012 11:58, George Patterson
>> <george.patterson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On 24 May 2012 10:07, Andre Mangan <andremangan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > "InstallFest" does not generate any interest - it is a
>> fabricated word
>> >> > used
>> >> > by cognoscenti only.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Speaking of words, who the uses a word like cognoscenti, probably
>> just
>> >> the "wordsmiths". (Hand up those that needed to look for the
>> >> definition in a dictionary).
>> >>
>> >> While I agree that InstallFest doesn't generate automatic
>> interest
>> >> these days, I disagree that it's a made up word used just by
>> geeks. In
>> >> 2002 (and other years), LinuxSA held an Installfest where the
>> >> installations were mostly going onto peoples computers that
>> hadn't
>> >> used Linux before. How did these members of the public know what
>> an
>> >> InstallFest was? We educated them, put flyers up at Uni notice
>> boards
>> >> (I think via the radio also). Wow that was really 10 years ago,
>> feel
>> >> like it was last year sometimes.
>> >>
>> >> Open Day: sounds like a space full of displays and perhaps people
>> >> trying to sell you products, ideas or services, for example
>> University
>> >> Open days.
>> >>
>> >> Workshop: sounds like planned sessions with a fixed schedule.
>> >> InstallFest:: Probably too geeky unless you are prepared to
>> explain
>> >> what an InstallFest is.
>> >>
>> >> For these reason, all of the above is not ideal.
>> >>
>> >> As an idea, what about Ubuntu Install Day? Though that sounds
>> like it
>> >> excludes people that are wanting to ask questions.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Great initiative, Jared. Good luck.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Agreed with the above.
>> >>
>> >> Regards
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> George
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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