[FredLUG] SFD Prep Plans and Participation Opportunities

[Chris O'Donnell]

Count me in for a Tshirt too - XL.

So, no laptops at all at October fest - probably a good idea. Are we going
to have a big stack of Fedora CDs to hand out?

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Mark Walker <marwalk at gmail.com> wrote:

> It looks great, with a clear message!  I'll be posting some copies around
> too.
>
> Re: Electronics at CAH
> Thanks, Ted; memory is now refreshed. (I guess I had a brain synapse
> buffer overflow.)
> For clarity, everyone, we've dispensed with placing anyone's computing
> or networking equipement at risk in an Oktoberfest setting.  Therefore
> things will be different from past years when our main location was in
> front of the library.  Our approach to SFD 2010 will be focused more
> centrally on our interpersonal discourse with, <gasp!>, humans.  Let
> people know that Linux and other FOSS is for normal people, enabled by
> a supportive community of geeks behind it; it's a different model more
> people will come to love (Hmmm, I just used the word "people" 3 times
> in that sentence; no I'm deliberately not re-writing it).
>
> Count me in for a shirt; size XL.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Ted Brunell <ted.brunell at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I have uploaded the fixed up posters
> > http://groups.google.com/group/fredlug/web/SFD2010-v.3-FINAL-edit.svg
> > http://groups.google.com/group/fredlug/web/SFD2010-v.3-FINAL-edit.pdf
> > Download 'em and hang 'em up!
> > R/
> > Ted
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 10:14 PM, Mark Walker <marwalk at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> >> Hash: SHA1
> >>
> >> Hey, everyone.  Let's take a look at where we are and where we want to
> >> be for Software Freedom Day 2010 on Saturday, September 18th.
> >>
> >> Things we'll definitely need:
> >>
> >> ~> Enough volunteers to be at our table at Capital Ale House for full
> >> day coverage.  The updated planning page at
> >> http://groups.google.com/group/fredlug/web/software-freedom-day-2010
> >> has plenty of spaces to sign up for time slots of any length that work
> >> for you; and naturally, "you" means you, the person reading this.  Never
> >> been to a FredLUG meeting before?  This one's sure to please, so what
> >> are you waiting for?  Feel free to edit yourself in on the web page.
> >>
> >> ~> Too shy for a bustling street festival?  No problem.  We have our
> >> usual Meeting Room 2 at the Library reserved for us that day too.  And
> >> we'll probably have some folks stumble, er ... , wander into the Library
> >> amongst the Oktoberfest merriment.
> >>
> >> ~> Volunteers to distribute the promotional materials for SFD.  Grab any
> >> of the following files, produce as many copies as you like, and
> >> distribute them freely in all permitted and effective locations:
> >> http://groups.google.com/group/fredlug/web/SFD2010-v.3-FINAL.svg
> >> http://groups.google.com/group/fredlug/web/SFD2010-v.3-FINAL.pdf
> >> A note on the date printed on these flyers:  SFD is on September 18th,
> >> as mentioned above.  That's when we'll be at Capital Ale House
> >> distributing Linux disks and information about FOSS.  The date on the
> >> flyers linked above says September 25th.  This is not an error; we will
> >> be doing a follow-up InstallFest at our regular last-Saturday meeting on
> >> the 25th.  We'll promote SFD to the crowds in Fredericksburg on the
> >> 18th, and prepare for some of them to return to have us (we hope)
> >> install Linux on their computers the following Saturday, the 25th.  I've
> >> cobbled together a version of the flyer that includes both dates; will
> >> leave it to Ted's artistic talents to make it more attractive if needed:
> >> http://groups.google.com/group/fredlug/web/SFD2010-v.3-FINAL-edited.svg
> >> http://groups.google.com/group/fredlug/web/SFD2010-v.3-FINAL-edited.pdf
> >> In any case, I hope this gives you a better sense of what's going on,
> >> and the necessary information to confidently go promote these two
> events.
> >>
> >> ~> Further ideas, anyone?  If you've been away for a while, this might
> >> be a great time to re-connect.
> >>
> >>
> >> Some things to re-consider/confirm, now that we're planning on the
> >> Capital Ale House, where it's likely we'll have less elbow room:
> >>
> >> ~> Will we still have room for doing some of the more advanced things,
> >> like running a kickstart server?
> >>
> >> ~> Not sure we'll have room for more than a few laptops at Capital Ale
> >> House
> >>
> >> ~> Any further need for a network switch, now that well be at Capital
> >> Ale House?
> >>
> >> ~> Do we still have need for a table in front of the Library?
> >>
> >>
> >> The graphic at
> >> http://groups.google.com/group/fredlug/web/SFD2010-CAH_v2.png is for
> any
> >> and all of us to use for iron-on transfers so we can turn ourselves into
> >> conversation pieces about FOSS.  (Maybe that's a sure way to get Mark
> >> into Lederhosen :-)
> >>
> >>
> >> Your thoughts, suggestions, flames, ... anything.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Mark
> >>
> >> - --
> >>
> >> Mark Caldwell Walker
> >> Contact info at marwalk.tel
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