New England InstallFest

Tue Aug 21 16:58:45 BST 2007

Thoughts everyone (@mailinglist)?

-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Feldman [mailto:gaf at blu.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 11:55 AM
To: stevenj at math.mit.edu
Cc: stevenj at fftw.org; Joshua McGinnis; John Abreau; mako at atdot.cc;
doctormo at gmail.com; mel at melchua.com
Subject: Re: New England InstallFest

The 3rd floor of E51 has a large lounge area outside of the rooms we
used last spring, 376. Additionally there are plenty of tables in the
hallway outside of the rooms we currently use. 

The classrooms are not really good for installfests except for room 061
that has regular tables and chairs. 

Additionally, building E51 has the front parking area with the
wheelchair ramp and elevator. None of the other buildings on campus are
really accessible from a parking lot except maybe building 66 from the
east parking lot. 

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:33:20 -0400 (EDT)
"Steven G. Johnson" <stevenj at fftw.org> wrote:

> I would suggest one of the 3rd floor rooms in the MIT Student Center. 
> They are big enough for 30-40 people, easily, and have the huge
advantage 
> of being easy to find for non-MIT people.
> 
> (Something to check: The whole campus has wireless, but I'm not sure 
> offhand if those rooms have ethernet drops.)
> 
> On Tue, 21 Aug 2007, Joshua McGinnis wrote:
> 
> > Hi John,
> >
> > We're fine with doing a joint event. Let's proceed.
> >
> > As for dates, the team has decided that it we'd like to shoot for
> > holding the event on October 13th. That'll give us some room for
> > preparation.
> >
> > We're anticipating 30 - 40 people and we'd like to hold the event
from
> > 9am to 5pm. I don't personally know the campus well enough to
specify a
> > building and room preference. As long as the room is accessible, has
> > internet access, and enough room, we'd be fine with whatever you
choose.
> >
> >
> > Our team leader is CC'd on this e-mail, so I'll let him chime in if
he
> > has any thoughts.
> >
> > Thanks for your help John,
> >
> > Joshua
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Abreau [mailto:jabr at blu.org]
> > Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 5:40 PM
> > To: Joshua McGinnis
> > Cc: stevenj at math.mit.edu; morzinski at mit.edu; gaf at blu.org;
> > stevenj at fftw.org; mako at atdot.cc; doctormo at gmail.com
> > Subject: RE: New England InstallFest
> >
> > Hi, Joshua.
> >
> > It looks like MIT Scheduling is saying that I can ask for a room
> > if the event is a joint BLU/Ubunutu event. That's fine with me;
> > let me know if you want to proceed on that basis.
> >
> > Less than a week's notice may be difficult, and before I ask,
> > I need to know how big a room the event will need. The room we use
> > for the BLU Installfests has space for about 10 PCs at a time, so I
> > don't want to ask for that room unless you confirm that this is
> > enough space.
> >
> > Did you already have a specific building and room in mind?
> >
> >
> > On Mon, August 20, 2007 11:10 am, n42site at MIT.EDU said:
> >> Hi Joshua
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Unfortunately we are unable to reserve space for groups without an
MIT
> >> sponsor.  If John wants to take this meeting and make it his
> >> responsibility
> >> and a part of his group that is fine however since John is not an
MIT
> >> affiliate he cannot sponsor you.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, August 20, 2007 7:44 am, Joshua McGinnis said:
> >> Thanks Steven for the contact.
> >>
> >> I've added a couple of other folks to this e-mail in hopes of
reaching
> >> the right party.
> >>
> >> @Jacob, John, and Jerry: I'm trying to organize an Ubuntu
InstallFest
> >> for the Ubuntu Massachusetts Team. After speaking with some of the
> >> faculty, it seems that in order for MIT to let use their facilities
> > for
> >> our event, we need to be associated with an existing MIT group or
> >> organization.
> >>
> >> Would you guys be at all interested in helping us reserve and hold
the
> >> event at the campus?
> >>
> >> Joshua McGinnis
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Steven G. Johnson [mailto:stevenj at fftw.org]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 1:29 PM
> >> To: Samuel Klein
> >> Cc: Joshua McGinnis; Steven G Johnson; Benj Mako Hill;
> > morzinski at mit.edu
> >> Subject: RE: New England InstallFest
> >>
> >> I could probably reserve a room, but I think you'd be much better
off
> >> (from both a logistical and a publicity standpoint) coordinating
this
> >> with
> >> one or more of the computing groups at MIT.  I'm cc-ing Jacob
> > Morzinski
> >> (morzinski at mit.edu), an friend of mine who works in Academic
> > Computing,
> >> as
> >> a possible contact.
> >>
> >> Perhaps the primary people to coordinate with, however, would be
the
> >> Boston Linux & Unix user group:
> >>  	http://www.blu.org/
> >> I notice from their web page that they are already holding an
> >> installfest
> >> this Saturday (18 August) at MIT in E51-063.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Steven G. Johnson
> >>
> >> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007, Samuel Klein wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Joshua,
> >>>
> >>> This sounds like fun.  Steven, can we reserve an MIT room for an
> >> Ubuntu
> >>> installation party?  Mako could be an MIT-affiliate to look after
the
> >>> event... it's coming up in two Saturdays.
> >>>
> >>> Peace,
> >>> SJ
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007, Joshua McGinnis wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hey SJ,
> >>>>
> >>>> I hope you'll be able to make it. It should be quite fun.
> >>>>
> >>>> I don't know if you caught this in my original message, but we're
> >> still
> >>>> hoping to hold the event on the MIT campus. You mentioned that
you
> >> could
> >>>> help with reserving a room/place for the event.
> >>>>
> >>>> Would you still be able to help with that?
> >>>>
> >>>> Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/2007-newenglandinstallfest01
> >>>> MailingList (we'll be using the MATeam group mailing list for
> >> updates:
> >>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ma)
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: Samuel Klein [mailto:sj at laptop.org]
> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 1:56 AM
> >>>> To: Joshua McGinnis
> >>>> Cc: Samuel Klein; mako at atdot.cc; mel at melchua.com
> >>>> Subject: Re: New England InstallFest
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Awesome.  A saturday, hmm... I'll be moving that day, but will
try
> > to
> >>>> come
> >>>> by.  Do you have a mailing list for it?  Sounds like fun to me. I
> >> have a
> >>>>
> >>>> few machines that need a RE-install of some sort since they keep
> >> causing
> >>>>
> >>>> trouble...
> >>>>
> >>>> Mako : I have boxes of books for you, and some bookcases!
> >>>>
> >>>> SJ
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Mon, 13 Aug 2007, Joshua McGinnis wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hi Everyone,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> How's everyone?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I just wanted to shoot this e-mail out to some folks I had
talked
> >> with
> >>>>> about putting together the first New England Area wide
InstallFest.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We've chosen a date: 8/25 (alternative: 9/1). Now, I need some
> > help!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> SJ, you mentioned that you would be able to book a room for us
at
> >> the
> >>>>> MIT campus? Is that still possible? We are anticipating 40 ish
or
> > so
> >>>>> people.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> @Mako: Hi Mako. A couple of folks from the Mass Ubuntu team
asked
> > me
> >>>> to
> >>>>> shoot you an e-mail. We are in need of some official live cd's
and
> >>>> they
> >>>>> heard you might have some. I also heard that you might be able
to
> >>>>> contribute some of the Ubuntu books to the InstallFest. Would
you
> > be
> >>>>> able to offer any assistance in those areas?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Lastly, everyone involved would love for someone from OLPC to
> >> attend,
> >>>>> bring an XO, or participate in some way. Would someone be
> >> interested?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks all,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Joshua
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
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