LUGOD at the 2008 Whole Earth Festival

What Is It?

The Whole Earth Festival (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." It is held in the 'quad' at UC Davis.

Dates for the 2008 Whole Earth Festival

The 2008 Whole Earth Festival took place on:

• Friday, May 9th
• Saturday, May 10th
• Sunday, May 11th (Mother's Day)

LUGOD's Purpose at Whole Earth Festival:

• 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 (for example, these handouts)
• To hand out CDs containing useful software:
  • Linux Distros and Live CDs
    Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Knoppix.
  • Open Source collections for Windows
    The Open Source Software CD and TheOpenCD.

Volunteers:

• Chris McKenzie
  Coordinator. Burned CDs. Brought computers. Set up. Staffed the booth.
• Nick Schmalenberger
  Set up. Staffed the booth. Brought table.
• Bill Kendrick
  Maintained project coordination web page.

Hosting provided by:
Sunset Systems
Sunset Systems offers preconfigured Linux systems, remote system administration and custom software development.

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