<div dir="ltr"><div>I like the idea of doing it in conjuction with the swapfest, but the long walk from parking to the room is personally a showstopper for me. If I can be dropped off at the entrance to the building so I don't have to schlep all my equipment back and forth to the parking location, then that would solve that issue.</div><div><br></div><div>Doing it the following weekend at E51 would also solve that issue. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I see the next swapfest is scheduled for Sunday, August 18. Given your "ghost town" remark, I'm not sure it would be worth trying to get the room in E51 for Saturday, August 24. Should I give it a try? <br></div><div><br></div><div>I don't see anything on the swapfest url about when the next one after August will be. Is August 18 the last one they're doing in 2019? <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 3:05 PM Bill Ricker <<a href="mailto:bill.n1vux@gmail.com">bill.n1vux@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 10:06 AM Kurt Keville <<a href="mailto:kurt.keville@gmail.com" target="_blank">kurt.keville@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Yeah, swapfest makes a lot of sense... maybe not August though... this place is a ghost town right now...</div><div><a href="http://www.swapfest.us/" target="_blank">http://www.swapfest.us/</a></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">At some point, I'd like to <br>(a) deliver Installfest flyers to every table selling reconditioned / used computers, offering assistance for converting to Linux, <br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">(b) hold installfest same day, at adjacent site, and so offer reloading OS on site.</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">(c) or hold installfest following weekend so that flyer isn't discussing too far in advance.</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">(d) possibly have a table inside the Flea/Swapmeet to handout fliers, sell my own junque, and maybe do an install on the fly there, in conjunction with any of (a-c).</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">Alas the walkable buildings from Swapfest garage aren't as simple for Installfest, so we've punted.</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default"></div></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">A^2 is the following SUnday, so we could consider flyering August Flea if we create a flyer ASAP.<br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div>It will be interesting to see if A^2 generates much traffic. Most of the constituents fancy themselves as Linuxperts </div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">Kinda surprising they aren't offering their own service <br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default"></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>so I suspect there won't be much walkins on their part... but you may get some interest on the back to school population in Somerville.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">If advertised in the right places</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default"></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div>This is not on their calendar... <a href="https://artisansasylum.com/calendar/" target="_blank">https://artisansasylum.com/calendar/</a></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">One presumes a little more communications will get it there.</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">If not, there's a problem<br></div></div><br></div>
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