Looking for Help from the Experienced

[jabr at tarnhelm.blu.org (John Abreau)]

On Mon, 27 Apr 1998 CJGIDMAN at am.pnu.com wrote:

>      Hi,
>      
>      The Kalamazoo Linux Users Group (Kalamazoo, Michigan) is about to 
>      hold our first "Install Fest".  We will be doing this in a local 
>      bookstore.
>      
>      Since this is our first time, we really don't know what to 
>      expect.  I see from your web page that you have had at least 
>      three of these.  Any advice, warnings, guidelines, words of 
>      wisdom, etc. that you could provide would be helpful.
>      
>      Chris.
>      CJGidman

We planned for a crowd of about 20, and that worked out well. We ran our
Installfests all day, and brought in pizzas and soda around lunchtime. We
had about a dozen volunteers to help attendees get Linux working and set
up printing, networking, and various other components.

We also held a seminar in the afternoon, as part of the Installfest, so
attendees who were new to Unix could get their feet wet.

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John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix 
Email: jabr at blu.org / URL: http://www.blu.org
Unix Systems Administrator, Polaroid / abreauj at polaroid.com