Fwd: 2008 hamfest booth question

[Rob Rogers]

I called the Event Coordinator for the Hamfest
(http://www.ares-nela.org/hamfest/index.htm).

He welcomed the idea of us having a booth at the Hamfest and will send
me more information when he gets home this evening.

I was very encouraged by his response, and he mentioned a repeater
system that uses linux as the OS.

-Rob

On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Rob Rogers <r2d2rogers at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dustin,
>
>  I'm trying to encourage one, but I don't know how much progress we
>  have yet.  I was hoping to use events here to build a general linux
>  users group to tie in with the state wide Local Community Team for
>  Ubuntu.
>
>  -Rob
>
>
>
>
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>  On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Dustin Puryear <dustin at puryear-it.com> wrote:
>  > Monroe? I'll be in Monroe next week for business. Is there a Linux group
>  >  there?
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>  >  Rob Rogers wrote:
>  >  > FYI this is a copy of the email I sent to a contact address for the
>  >  > Twin City HAM Club of Monroe/West Monroe.
>  >  > -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  >  > I live in Monroe and would also like to become a licensed HAM at some
>  >  > point.  I am a member of the Ubuntu Local Community Team for
>  >  > Louisiana.  I am contacting you because we are interested in having a
>  >  > booth or table at one of your events.  I don't know if you are
>  >  > familiar with Ubuntu or Linux, but it is an operating system like
>  >  > MacOS X or Windows.
>  >  >
>  >  > We would not be selling anything, but would have flyers, information,
>  >  > and CD's to hand out.  If I am able to generate some interest at some
>  >  > point we'd want to hold an install fest that would let us help people
>  >  > to install Ubuntu Linux on their own computers, but we are still
>  >  > getting our feet wet in engaging the community at large.  Is there
>  >  > someone specific I need to talk to about arrangements for a booth at
>  >  > the 2008 Hamfest?
>  >  >
>  >  > Thank you for your time,
>  >  >
>  >  > -Rob Rogers
>  >  >
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