From tech_dev at wildintellect.com Tue May 6 16:39:06 2008 From: tech_dev at wildintellect.com (Alex Mandel) Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 16:39:06 -0700 Subject: [vox-if] May Installfest Message-ID: <4820EC1A.7090408@wildintellect.com> The May Installfest has been scheduled for Sat. May 17th 10am in the South Silo, Zinfandel lounge of the Experimental College. Wireless issues from last time should be resolved as the GSA installed a new router moobilenet-zinfandel practically in the lounge. If someone wants to beat me to making the new flyer I won't mind. Bill, can you post the inkscape svg I sent you last time. Thanks, Alex From nbs at sonic.net Tue May 6 17:08:09 2008 From: nbs at sonic.net (Bill Kendrick) Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 17:08:09 -0700 Subject: [vox-if] May Installfest In-Reply-To: <4820EC1A.7090408@wildintellect.com> References: <4820EC1A.7090408@wildintellect.com> Message-ID: <20080507000809.GB6042@sonic.net> On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 04:39:06PM -0700, Alex Mandel wrote: > The May Installfest has been scheduled for Sat. May 17th 10am in the > South Silo, Zinfandel lounge of the Experimental College. Thanks > Bill, can you post the inkscape svg I sent you last time. Done. Now shows May 17th & Zinf. http://www.lugod.org/documents/flyers/ -- -bill! bill at newbreedsoftware.com http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/ From mckenzie at cs.ucdavis.edu Mon May 12 10:59:32 2008 From: mckenzie at cs.ucdavis.edu (Christopher James McKenzie) Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 10:59:32 -0700 Subject: [vox-if] [LUGOD] [Installfest] Major change idea Message-ID: <48288584.1040501@cs.ucdavis.edu> Hi, So during WEF, something became pretty apparent: 1. Linux is easy to install and few people have issues these days. 2. Linux is hard to use and lots of people have issues these days. Well, ok, we can sit around and debate the semantic word choice and merits of totality of each argument, or, we can all agree that those two points roughly approximate truth here. The realization that I had is that the installfests should be refocused to an educational outreach and workshop with an installation component. How this will work. Well first we rename it from installfest to "Educational Workshop and Installfest" or something ... up for a vote really ... I don't have a name I like. Secondly, we need to modify the infrastructure so that people can RSVP on the order of "I'd like to learn how to do basic Perl" ... you would not believe it, but about 2/3s of the people reaching out for help actually had linux installed and wanted to know how to do something like set up a firewall but for whatever reason (maybe they learn better when someone tells them (this is not BS, look up Kinaesthetic, Auditory, and Visual learning models with copious amounts of peer reviewed articles in the field)) they want an educational seminar. From the organizers (Alex + Me) point of view, we need to prepare basic rundowns on expected questions but then just wing it the first few times ... practice is the best preparation. ---- I decided to not supplement the installfests with an educational workshop because, have you been to these? We are getting so few people these days ... plus, this refocus I think really helps address modern concerns in the world of linux. If I don't hear back from anyone (I don't know if it requires a bylaws change) --- but if I really don't, then I'm just going to do it starting gradually at the end of this week, then full on for june. ~chris. From mckenzie at cs.ucdavis.edu Fri May 16 14:11:04 2008 From: mckenzie at cs.ucdavis.edu (Christopher James McKenzie) Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 14:11:04 -0700 Subject: [vox-if] [LUGOD] [Installfest] Reminder Notice Message-ID: <482DF868.7040806@cs.ucdavis.edu> Hi, This email is to remind you that you signed up for the LUGOD Installfest workshop happening tomorrow at the Zinfandel Lounge on the UC Davis Campus. As a reminder, according to our records you signed up for a 10 AM time slot. I hope to see you there. Thanks. ~chris. From mckenzie at cs.ucdavis.edu Fri May 16 14:13:55 2008 From: mckenzie at cs.ucdavis.edu (Christopher James McKenzie) Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 14:13:55 -0700 Subject: [vox-if] [LUGOD] [Installfest] Reminder Message-ID: <482DF913.7060703@cs.ucdavis.edu> Hi, This email is to remind you that you signed up for a LUGOD Installfest workshop happening tomorrow at the Zinfandel Lounge at the UC Davis Campus. According to our records you requested us to assign a time for arrival. Given this, we'd like to assign to you a 10AM time slot. Thanks for your participation and I hope to see you tomorrow. ~chris. From jacod at comcast.net Fri May 16 17:20:02 2008 From: jacod at comcast.net (Tim Coddington) Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 17:20:02 -0700 Subject: [vox-if] [LUGOD] [Installfest] Reminder Notice References: <482DF868.7040806@cs.ucdavis.edu> Message-ID: <000401c8b7b3$c0708e10$6500a8c0@ecsp4gw8wxjib6> Oh. No, no, I came in last month on Sunday to get my computer all better. Worked out pretty well, thank you. Perhaps you have mixed up your lists a bit. -Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher James McKenzie" To: "For planning and preparation for LUGOD Installfest workshops" Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 2:11 PM Subject: [vox-if] [LUGOD] [Installfest] Reminder Notice > Hi, > > This email is to remind you that you signed up for the LUGOD Installfest > workshop happening tomorrow at the Zinfandel Lounge on the UC Davis > Campus. As a reminder, according to our records you signed up for a 10 > AM time slot. I hope to see you there. Thanks. > > ~chris. > _______________________________________________ > vox-if mailing list > vox-if at lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-if From jacod at comcast.net Fri May 16 17:20:54 2008 From: jacod at comcast.net (Tim Coddington) Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 17:20:54 -0700 Subject: [vox-if] [LUGOD] [Installfest] Reminder References: <482DF913.7060703@cs.ucdavis.edu> Message-ID: <000b01c8b7b3$df04c580$6500a8c0@ecsp4gw8wxjib6> 2nd reply same as the first ... Oh. No, no, I came in last month on Sunday to get my computer all better. Worked out pretty well, thank you. Perhaps you have mixed up your lists a bit. -Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher James McKenzie" To: "For planning and preparation for LUGOD Installfest workshops" Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 2:13 PM Subject: [vox-if] [LUGOD] [Installfest] Reminder > Hi, > > This email is to remind you that you signed up for a LUGOD Installfest > workshop happening tomorrow at the Zinfandel Lounge at the UC Davis > Campus. According to our records you requested us to assign a time for > arrival. Given this, we'd like to assign to you a 10AM time slot. > Thanks for your participation and I hope to see you tomorrow. > > ~chris. > _______________________________________________ > vox-if mailing list > vox-if at lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-if From nbs at sonic.net Sat May 17 06:30:14 2008 From: nbs at sonic.net (Bill Kendrick) Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 06:30:14 -0700 Subject: [vox-if] Installfest in Davis today (May 17th) - volunteers sought Message-ID: <20080517133014.GA10072@sonic.net> The Linux Users' Group of Davis is holding a free Linux installfest workshop today (Saturday, May 17th) from 10am to 6pm at UC Davis. http://www.lugod.org/if/ As of last night's meeting, at least 4 people had signed up to participate in the installfest, but only one volunteer was available. If you can help out at this event, please do! Our installfests are now held at the Zinfandel Lounge room of the Experimental College at UC Davis. The EC is located upstairs in the South Silo building, near the intersection of Hutchison and California. Maps and directions are available here: http://www.lugod.org/if/directions.php (South Silo is near both Kemper Hall, where we used to hold installfests, and Giedt Hall, where last night's meeting was held.) Thanks in advance, -bill! root at lugod.org http://www.lugod.org/ Linux Users' Group of Davis