[DC LoCo] Release Party and Install Fest @ Chelsea School

[rik goldman]

Sorry for being confusing. Yes, it's this Saturday, 28 April. Thanks for
even considering coming and helping, Kevin.
On Apr 26, 2012 6:43 PM, "Kevin Cole" <dc.loco at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 14:50, rik goldman <rikgoldman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> OK, things are looking good for a Saturday release event here at Chelsea
>> School (711 Pershing Drive, Silver Spring, MD).
>>
>
> I'm losing track: THIS Saturday or further off?  If this Saturday, PLEASE
> somebody else help: I'm already double-booked: (1) DC Government Community
> Broadband Summit in Anacostia, and (2) USA Science and Engineering Festival
> (POSSIBLY with Gallaudet students in attendance).  My apologies for being
> so disorganized.
>
> I *might* in a pinch be able to run off some hand-burned CD's tomorrow but
> as luck would have it, there's an Internet 2 meeting in town, and a
> collaborator from RIT who is in town for it asked for an impromptu meeting
> tomorrow.  So, I'm suddenly busy tomorrow as well.
>
> Planned:
>>
>>    - Screening of *Revolution OS *for background noise
>>    - All Precise versions available for exploration (I don't expect to
>>    have very many workstations - but I do have Remmina and plenty of
>>    virtualization tech).
>>    - A wide variety of other distros; from Commodore OS (Ubuntu based)
>>    to CentOS to Bodhi to Solaris. Again, no workstations but plenty of virtual
>>    machines to choose from for anyone with remote client apps.
>>    - Snacks: Our junior class is rallying to have lanparty type snacks
>>    for sale. Cheesy Poofs and Snacky Cakes, Red Bull and Coffee drinks. And
>>    colas and water.
>>    - I"m burning 32bit Ubuntu as quickly as I can. I have 4 32-bit USB
>>    drives for install.
>>    - At least one instructor besides me to talk about assistive and ed
>>    tech at Chelsea School (we serve many students with language-based learning
>>    differences).
>>
>> Wow!  I should blow off stuff to show up!
>
>
>> I have heard from a person as far off as Ohio that intends to come. But
>> I've really only heard from three people in all, one from this list. I have
>> questions; I hope they match your answers.
>
>
>
>> How many people is smart to plan for?
>>
>> I've promoted via Byte Back, Facebook, wiki.ubuntu, Twitter, and Tumblr.
>> Any other ideas?
>>
>
>>
> Is anyone interested in helping spread the word?
>>
> Volunteers: 12-5:30
>>
>> Public invited: 2 - 4:45
>>
>> Thanks everyone for the supportive and kind encouragement,
>>
>> Rik Goldman
>>
>> rikgoldman at gmail.com
>>
>> 863-398-9214
>>
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