<div dir="ltr"><div>I think the whole reopening fiasco is criminally irresponsible. The pandemic is nowhere near over, and warnings of a "second" wave are actually downplaying the threat; we haven't even come to the end of the first wave yet. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I don't see us holding traditional in-person InstallFests before 2022, regardless of any politically motivated reopening plans. It won't be safe until an effective vaccine exists and has been widely and successfully deployed, however long that takes. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Until then, online InstallFests may be a viable option, if we can work out the logistics. <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 4:41 PM Kurt Keville <<a href="mailto:kurt.keville@gmail.com">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">Bill raises some interesting scenarios for a virtual installfest. I rmember the way some companies tried to do remote installs and tech support in the early days. Wasn't CMGI into that? Linuxcare, maybe? <div><br><div>If you did that, the single day install opportunity would diminish in importance, and the necessity of a help line would increase. </div><div><br></div><div>You probably have a couple months to assess the in-person decision. If things are going well for the Commonwealth, we will be in Phase 4 of the reopening plan and a traditional event would be permissible. I doubt they would let us do it at MIT though...</div><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 4:12 PM John Abreau <<a href="mailto:abreauj@gmail.com" target="_blank">abreauj@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>Our charges when we held InstallFests at MIT were always voluntary donations. I don't see why online InstallFests should be any different in that respect. <br></div><div><br></div><div>In principle I like the idea of continuing to hold InstallFests for as long as they are a useful service to our community. As I see it, the two most critical issues are volunteer interest and attendee interest. <br></div><div><br></div><div>What are your ideas regarding how we could pull this off? <br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 3:04 PM Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf.linux@gmail.com" target="_blank">gaf.linux@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="auto">Chris Allen asked me if we were planning an online installfest. I have some ideas how we could pull it off. We would have to charge and set some preconditions. Please your thoughts <br><br><div>--<br>Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf.linux@gmail.com" target="_blank">gaf.linux@gmail.com</a>><br>Boston Linux and Unix <a href="http://www.blu.org" target="_blank">http://www.blu.org</a><br>PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7<br>PGP Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1 3050 5715 B88D 6F6<br>B B6E7</div></div>
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