New England InstallFest

[Martin Owens]

OK so long as for the ubuntu install-fests no money is ever mentioned;
voluntary or otherwise we should be good to co-host.

The reason why I'm not a fan of the donations at the BLU installfest
was that it is too easy to make mistakes; for instance Mike Rushton
was helping an ubuntu-ma chappy install linux on his x-box yet he was
asked for a donation and in a way that didn't really make it all that
voluntary.

If you'd like to just organise the room because of this then we have
all equipment ect for setting up the network and power.

Best Regards, Martin Owens

On 27/08/07, John Abreau <jabr at blu.org> wrote:
> 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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