LUGOD at the 2004 Whole Earth Festival
LUGOD had a booth at the 2004
Whole Earth Festival
at UC Davis.
The Fesitval took place from Friday, May 7th through
Sunday, May 9th, and was held outdoors, at the UC Davis
Quad.
WEF is "an annual student run event that brings over 30,000 people together
to discover and celebrate sustainable and conscious living on Planet Earth."
WEF hours were 12pm-6pm on Friday, and 9am-6pm on Saturday and Sunday.
Our FIN (Festival Identification Number) this year was ED-1423.
(We had a booth in 2002 and
2003, as well.)
Our Purpose:
- To talk to people about Linux and Open Source, and get the word out
about LUGOD and the other local LUGs
- To hand out pamphlets containing information about LUGOD, Linux and
Open Source
- To hand out CDs containing useful software:
- Knoppix
A no-commitment, bootable 'Live CD' of Linux.
- TheOpenCD and
GNUWin II
Collections of popular Open Source software, but compiled for
Windows.
Volunteers:
The following people volunteered to help out:
- Emily Stumpf
- Jan Wynholds
- Doug Barbieri
- Mike Simons
- Daphne Pareas
- Jonathan Stickel
- Bryan Richter
- Allan Hollander
- Matthew Lange
- Bill Kendrick
- Tim Allis
- Mikal Saltveit
- David King
- Jimbo
- Rob Rogers
Offline Independent Energy Systems powered our booth using their solar
panel.
Photos:
Photos from our booth at the 2004 WEF are
available online. Enjoy!
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