[BLU/Officers] Next InstallFest

[Kurt Keville]

I tried to come but had a back injury that kept me  house bound. Let me ask
around at some of the old options that we have not been able to use last
couple of years. I see the NERD center still has a reservations page. They
don't use Windows anymore over there... ;)

On Sat, Feb 21, 2026, 11:32 PM John Abreau via Officers <
officers at lists.blu.org> wrote:

> 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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