[Linux-SIG-Planning] Re: thursday meeting and next installfest

[Dave Lundy]

matt smith wrote:

> if my schedule permits I plan to be at the meeting thursday.  
> 
> at the last installfest I was talking with someone (his name might
> have been Gary?) about the fall quarter installfest.  He had said it
> would be at UD again and I was tinkering with the idea of getting the
> word out to Chaminade - Julienne students and UD students.  (and maybe
> Altar / Caroll if resources permit.)  My brother is a senior at CJ and
> I went to both CJ and UD.  My plan is to get the word out before the
> school year starts, and then post notices in all the right places once
> the school year does start.
> 
> I am willing to create the fliers, and do all the footwork.  My
> hypothesis is that there is more untapped interest in Linux / OSS than
> is currently gathering at the installfests.  I remember that I had to
> seek out information about the dayton linux community.  I would like
> to switch from seek out by individuals to reach out by us.
> 
> If this is intriguing to you then there are a few more details I'd
> like to iron out.  let me know.
> 
> thanks,
> matt smith


Matt,

Thanks for your offer.  Our next Installfest is scheduled for 10 am - 4 pm 
Saturday, September 24th at Sinclair Community College in the Physics 
Department (Building 4) in or near room 4242 on the second floor.  More info 
about it is at <www.dma.org/linuxsig/events.shtml#InstallSep05> and I'll update 
it as additional details become available.  We look forward to doing another 
Installfest at U.D. in the near future.

Admittedly we have not done a very good job of spreading the word except by 
e-mail on our own mailing list, our web site <www.dma.org/linuxsig/>, and our 
newsletter "The DataBus".  The last one was announced on WMUB's community 
calendar.  Spreading the word to high schools sounds like a good idea.  Thanks 
for the suggestion.  A couple people have at times volunteered to distribute 
fliers to local college campuses and computer stores, but I really don't know 
how many were actually distributed.  We have copies of previous fliers at 
<www.dma.org/linuxsig/files/> so you wouldn't need to start from scratch.
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