I've already contacted the Dupage Computer Show and they are currently on hold until further notice. We are on a list and once they resume hosting the show we will be contacted with more information.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 8/1/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Adam Israel</b> <<a href="mailto:stone@stonetable.org">stone@stonetable.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I've got some thoughts and ideas to throw out.<br><br>Install Fests:<br><br>There used to be a regular computer show at the College of DuPage (it's<br>moved to the DuPage County fair grounds now), and the campus user group
<br>setup shop in a room adjacent to the show and would install<br>distribution-of-your-choice for you.<br><br>Something like that might be good. I don't know what the new<br>location[1] offers in terms of installations, but I imagine anyone could
<br>get a booth to hand out CDs, do installs, and answer questions. This is<br>a good marketing opportunity. The people that go to this show are<br>usually looking for cheap alternatives and Ubuntu makes a natural choice
<br>for that.<br><br><br>Hack Fests:<br><br>I've gone to these with the Detroit Ubuntu[2] group several times now.<br>Basically, we get together in one place for a weekend and hack on code.<br>I think, though I could be wrong, that it's partially inspired by the
<br>Gnome Summit[3] held every year in Boston (I'll be going this year).<br>Get a bunch of people together to hack, and at the end of things<br>everyone gets up and talks about what they worked on and show off what<br>they did.
<br><br><br>A hackfest can be productive for any skill level:<br><br>* Triage bugs<br>* Write documentation<br>* Mentoring (show someone how to contribute, use cvs/svn, triage bugs,<br>write gtk code, etc)<br>* Hack on code
<br>* Learn<br>* Key signing<br><br><br>This doesn't have to be an all-weekend event. I think one full day is<br>sufficient (and let people come and go as their schedule permits). I'd<br>love to do something like this once a month. Find a place where people
<br>can meet comfortably some Saturday for several hours and hack.<br><br><br>-Adam<br><br><br>[1] <a href="http://gmcs.ciadvt.com/index.html">http://gmcs.ciadvt.com/index.html</a><br>[2] <a href="http://ubuntudetroit.org/">
http://ubuntudetroit.org/</a><br>[3] <a href="http://live.gnome.org/Boston2006">http://live.gnome.org/Boston2006</a><br><br><br><br>--<br>Ubuntu-us-chicago mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com">
Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago</a><br></blockquote></div><br>