Re: [TCLUG:14180] Distribution Experts Needed for InstallFest

[Chris McKinley <lamfada@lugh.net>]

I have to side with Nick here, those of us who contract are s-c-r-e-w-e-d.
We either have to take the time off without pay or not go at all, neither
option sounds all that good to me.  IMHO, if we want to do a TC conference, it
needs to be a couple of days, include evenings, and preferably at least one 
day should be a weekend day, preferably though Friday evening through Sunday
afternoon for a short conference, or Thursday through Sunday for a longer one.
In addition, it would be nice to have vendors, etc.

What is the TCLUG opinion on having a _real_ conference?

-Chris

On Thu, 2 Mar 2000 Nick.T.Reinking@supervalu.com wrote:

> I don't exactly think that is fair.  Some of us (like me) are contractors,
> or are students who *can't* get those hours off.  I don't see what would
> have been difficult in having the conference in the evening, or on the
> weekend.  Additionally, I seem to remember a TCLUG poll that asked
> when would be the preferable times for people to get together for meetings,
> and, if I remember correctly, the vast amount of votes were either for
> the weekends, or weekday evenings.
> 
> Nick Reinking
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> heilja@varsityonline.com, on 03/01/2000 10:48:30 PM
> To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org @ PMDF
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> Subject: Re: [TCLUG:14180] Distribution Experts Needed for InstallFest
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> I believe the thinking here is to promote this a a true conference, the
> just a bunch of computer geeks getting together for some hacking fun.
> If people believe this is valuable conference and it ispromoted as such, then
> they will make time from work to be there.  I know I will be there.
> 
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> Quoting Nick.T.Reinking@supervalu.com (Nick.T.Reinking@supervalu.com):
> > I'm failing to understand why we would want to have an InstallFest in
> > the middle of a work/school day.  Won't that *severely* limit the # of
> > people that can attend?  I mean, I'd be happy to be a Slack expert,
> > but I can't just skip out of my job, of course.
> > 
> > Nick Reinking
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