Atlanta Linux Fest 09 Planning

[David Tomaschik]

I've played around with Joomla a time or to -- pretty smooth system.  Very
extensible for any sort of custom modules too.

David


On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Joshua Chase <joshua.d.chase at gmail.com>wrote:

> And as a side note, YE to wanting help with the website !!
>
> I think we were planning to use joomla, as it has some really nice modules
> for registration, calendars and such.. but open to anything really.. easier
> the better!
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Jon Reagan <jreagan1990 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> On Wednesday 21 January 2009 9:33:42 am David Tomaschik wrote:
>> > Following the last ALF, was there any sort of feedback from attendees on
>> > what they liked/didn't like about it?  One thing that might be
>> interesting
>> > would be to set up an installfest-type area, perhaps with a PXE boot
>> server
>> > containing live and installation media.  This might help first-timers
>> and
>> > people with slow connections perform installs.
>> >
>>
>> Yes, as a matter of fact we did get some feedback, but it was minimal at
>> best.
>> The focus of the event is not necessarily an installfest, but we did have
>> the
>> room off to the side for preforming installs.  A PXE server is a great
>> idea,
>> and would really help in the event we did not have CDs from some of the
>> smaller distros (or ran out of the ones we get from the larger distros)
>>
>> > We might want to approach ALE and/or one of the other local groups and
>> try
>> > to get some feedback from the people who were there, and to get some
>> input
>> > of what people would like to see.  I know from my work with Students for
>> > Open Source that some sort of interactive or hands-on presentation would
>> > probably go over very well, as opposed to the straight talks we mostly
>> had
>> > last time.
>> >
>>
>> I agree that hands-on/interactive stuff always makes it a little more
>> entertaining.   For example, we had presentations on IBM Lotus Symphony,
>> Security, and virtualization.  All showed the features of the available
>> software, and a live demo on how to use the software.  The plan for the
>> event
>> is to have several presentations on some bleeding-edge or really
>> interesting
>> topics that won't just blow over the heads of most who are attending.
>> Interactive (or at least ones where you can follow along) is really what
>> we
>> are shooting for.
>>
>> > If you all need any help with getting any parts of the website up and
>> > running, let me know -- I'd love to help out in any way.
>> >
>> > David
>>
>> Thanks, David!  :)
>>
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