[BLU/Officers] Next InstallFest

[John Abreau]

We're planning the next InstallFest in June at UMass/Boston. After that,
I'm thinking of September and December/January for the next two.

If the NERd center is available for September, we could give that a try. It
might make sense to alternate between the two locations.We did this for a
short time with MIT and Natick a number  of years ago.

On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 10:44 AM Kurt Keville <kurt.keville at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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