New England InstallFest

[John Abreau]

We've always asked for voluntary donations, but they're strictly
voluntary, not required.

I'm still waiting for consensus that this room is acceptable before
I put in the request to MIT. As I said before, it looks like we can
squeeze in a maximum of 18 PCs at a time with the available tables
in the room. Normally we use a couple of the tables for admin use
and network setup, which reduces the room's capacity to 14 PCs
at a time. I don't recall ever having more than 10 at a time
at the BLU Installfests.

The room has a few wired network jacks, and I always bring along
a Linksys WRT54G router and a 16-port 100bT switch so we don't
all have to wait 10-15 minutes for MIT's DHCP registration process.

I don't think there's any video in the room, but the classroom
next door is probably also available, and that room does have a
built-in video projector. I can ask for both rooms, if video is
required.


On Mon, August 27, 2007 1:58 pm, Joshua McGinnis said:
> Hi John,
>
> Thanks for the photos. They look great!
>
> We're considering doing a co-hosted event with BLU. It sounds like it
> might work. Do you know if there would be any costs associated with
> co-hosting (required Donation, charge per person)?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Abreau [mailto:jabr at blu.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 7:49 PM
> To: Joshua McGinnis
> Cc: Jerry Feldman; stevenj at math.mit.edu; mako at atdot.cc; mel at melchua.com;
> stevenj at fftw.org; ubuntu-us-ma at lists.ubuntu.com; Brian DeLacey
> Subject: Re: New England InstallFest
>
> I took some photos at the BLU Installfest on Saturday, which show the
> room's size. If I'm counting correctly, it looks like we had 9 tables
> in the room, and we could probably fit 2 PCs on each table, so
> theoretically the room might be able to handle 18 installs at a time,
> with some crowding.
>
> If 30-40 attendees is an estimate for the full day, and we can
> separate that into 15 in the morning and a different 15 in the
> afternoon, then maybe this room will be acceptable.
>
> The photos are at
>
>     http://picasaweb.google.com/abreauj/BLUInstallfest20070818
>
> What do you think? Should I request this room, Room 061 in
> Building E51? Or should I try to find something bigger?
>
> Room 061 has regular tables and chairs that can be rearranged;
> most other rooms have tables and chairs that are permanently
> bolted to the floor, and would be awkward for an Installfest.
>
>
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