First of all, I would like to apologize to those who had a bad experience at the installfest. I take responsibility for the lack of organization and coordination. It was something that popped up on Monday and wasn't really official until mid-week. I didn't have enough time to get involved to share my knowledge or experience. In the past I have asked for volunteers to help out but again the limited time didn't allow this to happen. To top it off, I forgot to post the announcement to the general list until Friday night which also didn't help. But for a last-minute thing, it sounds like it wasn't too bad. I do want to thank Keven for setting it up. Like some of the other guys said, an installfest is not a simple thing to schedule/coordinate/run. I am working on getting another installfest organized in the next couple of months. I will use this thread to make sure we address the things that were missed from this last one. If anyone has space or is willing to help coordinate, let me know. -- Clay Wayne Johnson wrote: > Unfortunately, there were a few glitches in the installfest, and I literally did yell if anyone has a Ubuntu (and several other distro's) several times, but it was likely before 2. > > This being my first installfest, I did have a good time, even though I was just watching and playing. > > I want to thank Kevin for his work setting this up. He put a lot of effort into this. Yes it was a bit disorganized (as I can imagine most installfests are), but at least he tried. Kudos to him for that! > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Mike Miller > Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 3:51 PM > To: Florin Iucha > Cc: TCLUG List > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] [tclug-announce] Installfest this Saturday > > > On Sun, 5 Mar 2006, Florin Iucha wrote: > > >>On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 12:46:57PM -0600, Mike Miller wrote: > > >>>>You should have shouted louder: I had two ubuntu amd64 cds and I had >>>>the i386 cds pass through my hands on a couple of occasions. Also, >>>>there were people with cd burners that could have cooked more if need >>>>be. >>> >>>Maybe next time. I guess people should walk into the room and start >>>yelling, literally, about what they want. I was told to talk to the >>>man in the black shirt. Someone thought he was in charge. He thought >>>Ubuntu was a funny name, but that was all he knew about it. So I left. >> >>I know geeks are introverted, I am one of them, but asking only two >>people then complaining that you drove 15 miles for nuttin' is a bit >>strange... > > > It's strange? You don't know what you are talking about. I talked to at > least three people. If they didn't know what they were talking about they > should have said so. No one suggested that they might have been > misinformed. Everyone who claimed to know about the new Ubuntu CDs > claimed that they were not there. > > Are you saying that you were there at 2:00 yesterday with new Ubuntu CDs? > I don't remember the name of the guy in the black shirt who I was told was > organizing things, but believe me, you didn't tell him about your CDs. > Same for all the people around the table with him. Several of them agreed > that the new Ubuntu CDs shouldn't have been offered in the email and on > the web page because they were not available. If you had them, no one > knew anything about it. > > So what is the usual protocol at these Installfests? People who come > looking to get an install are supposed to talk to *everyone* in the room > before they give up and go home? > > > >>>If you had someone in charge of directing installees to installers, >>>that could help. >> >>Sure, do *you* volunteer? > > > I had to pick up my son at the airport at 1:40. He brought his computer > up from La Crosse, Wisconsin, for a weekend visit. That meant that I > didn't have a lot of time to volunteer. I also didn't have a lot of time > for someone to do an install, which is one of the reasons that I didn't > hang out for an hour (also, he wanted to go shopping for a guitar). It > seemed like everyone was busy when we got there. > > In the future, I can help to some degree, but I wouldn't be able to do the > installing, so what would you want me to do? It would be easiest for me > to donate money and CDs. > > Another thing that I thought I could do that might help was to suggest > that you have one person in charge of greeting people who are looking for > installs and directing them to appropriate installers. If you want me to > do that next time, I could do it for two hours. > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list