[BLU/Officers] Next InstallFest

[John Abreau]

For the next InstallFest, in June, we have four Saturdays to choose from:
the 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th.

Does anyone know of conflicts that make any of these dates problematic?

Bill mentioned consideration of the MIT Swapfest on the 3rd Sunday. In
June, that's the 21st, which means that June 27th would be the
preferred date for the InstallFest, if there are no conflicts on that date.

What are your thoughts?

On Sun, Feb 22, 2026 at 10:34 AM Glenn A Hoffman <Glenn.Hoffman at umb.edu>
wrote:

> John,
>
> Sorry attendance was a disappointment. My initial request for a room was
> done in the name of the IT Club which had lost its accreditation due to
> some stupidity on the part of the admin group that works with clubs.
>
> Let’s think ahead. Pick a Saturday in June for the next InstallFest.  Send
> me the date you chose and I  will then reserve the room.
>
> Once we get the room, you can send me the poster graphic and I will have
> it printed at Quinn Graphics on the UMB campus.
>
> Over the summer we can pick a Wednesday in October for the next
> InstallFest.
>
> Glenn
>
> On Feb 21, 2026, at 11:32 PM, John Abreau <abreauj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> CAUTION: EXTERNAL SENDER
> 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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