And as a side note, YE to wanting help with the website !!<br><br>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!<br> <br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Jon Reagan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jreagan1990@gmail.com">jreagan1990@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="Ih2E3d">On Wednesday 21 January 2009 9:33:42 am David Tomaschik wrote:<br> > Following the last ALF, was there any sort of feedback from attendees on<br> > what they liked/didn't like about it?  One thing that might be interesting<br> > would be to set up an installfest-type area, perhaps with a PXE boot server<br> > containing live and installation media.  This might help first-timers and<br> > people with slow connections perform installs.<br> ><br> <br> </div>Yes, as a matter of fact we did get some feedback, but it was minimal at best.<br> The focus of the event is not necessarily an installfest, but we did have the<br> room off to the side for preforming installs.  A PXE server is a great idea,<br> and would really help in the event we did not have CDs from some of the<br> smaller distros (or ran out of the ones we get from the larger distros)<br> <div class="Ih2E3d"><br> > We might want to approach ALE and/or one of the other local groups and try<br> > to get some feedback from the people who were there, and to get some input<br> > of what people would like to see.  I know from my work with Students for<br> > Open Source that some sort of interactive or hands-on presentation would<br> > probably go over very well, as opposed to the straight talks we mostly had<br> > last time.<br> ><br> <br> </div>I agree that hands-on/interactive stuff always makes it a little more<br> entertaining.   For example, we had presentations on IBM Lotus Symphony,<br> Security, and virtualization.  All showed the features of the available<br> software, and a live demo on how to use the software.  The plan for the event<br> is to have several presentations on some bleeding-edge or really interesting<br> topics that won't just blow over the heads of most who are attending.<br> Interactive (or at least ones where you can follow along) is really what we<br> are shooting for.<br> <div class="Ih2E3d"><br> > If you all need any help with getting any parts of the website up and<br> > running, let me know -- I'd love to help out in any way.<br> ><br> > David<br> <br> </div>Thanks, David!  :)<br> <font color="#888888"><br> --<br> </font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">Jon Reagan<br> President, Ubuntu GA LoCo<br> <a href="http://ubuntu-georgia.org" target="_blank">http://ubuntu-georgia.org</a><br> <br> --<br> Ubuntu-us-ga mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-ga@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-us-ga@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ga" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ga</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>-Joshua Chase<br><br>