[BLU/Officers] Next InstallFest

[John Abreau]

I'd like to begin planning for the next InstallFest, at least as far as
choosing the date. I'm thinking May or June would be best; I'd like to hold
them at least four times a year if possible.

What are your thoughts regarding possible dates? Do we want to stick with
Saturdays, or perhaps alternate between Saturdays and Wednesdays? Perhaps
the Friday or Saturday immediately following a BLU meeting?

Today's InstallFest was a bit of a disappointment. The main issue seems to
be that we didn't publicise the event early enough or widely enough.

This time around, I waited for confirmation of the room assignment before
posting it to the calendar. Confirmation of the room didn't occur until
essentially the last minute.

Next time, we should begin publicity once we've settled on the date, and
then print the poster, and flyers, once we know what room we've been
assigned to.

It might make sense to set up multiple large posters on the day of the
event, and ordinary letter-size flyers a week or two before the event to
promote awareness. Perhaps recruit a student volunteer to put up flyers,
after we get permission to post them?

The ANSI E size poster was somewhat awkward. ANSI D is 22x34 inches, which
should be fine. ANSI c is 17x22 inches, which seems far too small.

Jerry mentioned a store called Michaels. I checked their website, and they
have a 22x28 inch poster board for 99 cents each. 22x28 inches seems like a
good size.

We may be able to save money by providing the poster board for UMB's
printing services to prein on, assuming they allow us to supply our own
media.


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