-----Original Message-----
From: Benjamin Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 29 January, 2000 10:34 PM
To: GNHLUG Organization List
Cc: Rick Petree
Subject: Re: BUN meeting
PRE-SHOW STUFF
We need to put together an online registration form/interest survey and
get
it online. I'll work on that and will have a draft ready by Monday night.
We need to get in touch with advertising sources. Local papers.
Websites.
We need to contact area business associations and groups to let them know
about this. Spread the word.
We should look into posting information about this in local computer
stores,
bulletin boards (the physical kind), etc.
SHOW SUPPORT
We need to find out about food at the show.
We need to determine what our needs our (of course, we need to determine
what we'll be doing before we can determine what we need to do it):
- Computers
- Projectors
- Displays
We need to find out what kind of facilities will be available, in terms
of:
- Space
[I already have RM 29 reserved, but I will get the Conference room and a
few other class rooms reserved; just tell me how many. General rule is if
they are not using it then if we book it in advance then we can use it.]
- Power
[All rooms have several outlet and they have power strips available]
- Networking
[RM 29 and the Conference room have connections to their LAN and direct high
speed connection to the Internet]
- Computers
[For now we have sixteen; do we need more????]
With that information, we can determine what we'll need to supply
ourselves.
[OK what else do you need??]
About those computers at NHTC:
-We need to find out we are allowed to do to them.
[Primarily the computers have OSs on them. They are used by the
Networking, Linux, and NT students to learn and fully explore the OSs. If a
class screws up a computer then the computer guy comes in any downloads the
new HD image to it and it is back in service]
-We should verify they have backups, in case we destroy something.
[They maintain image back-ups of the HDs for themselves]
-We need to determine their hardware, to make sure it works on Linux.
[Linux (RH6.1) is already installed]
- We need to visit well in advance to install, configure, and test our
software to ensure it works.
[Agreed!! The best times is any Monday or Friday; no classes in RM
29 all day. Just let me know in advance so I double check and reserve the
room]
- We need to save those configurations in case we need to restore them
in the mean time.
[Sounds like we need to back up our critical file or maybe the copy the HD
image for ourselves; suggestions]
We need to find out where things are going to be at, plan it all, so we
can
setup quickly on The Day.
[Agreed and I think full dry runs will help us do this]
PRESENTATIONS
We need to find out if we can get one or more "keynote" speakers who have
implemented Linux successfully in this business. Suggestions were someone
from Burlington Coat Factory and someone from Virtual Airways.
We need to find success stories about Linux in business that we can talk
about during our own presentations.
We need to put together our own presentation. What do we talk about?
What
do we show? How? We need to gather information, lists of software,
screenshots, and the like.
We need to find people to put on our presentation itself. They need to
practice it.
DEMONSTRATIONS
We need to find people to man demos and supervise the try-it-yourself
sections.
We need to work out what those demos are going to be. :)
We need to find out about end-user business application software, such as
Corel Office, StarOffice, Applixware, and anything else that works. We need
to have copies of it to install on our demo machines.
Especially good would be any software which implements functionality
similar
to Microsoft Access. That is, an easy-to-use, GUI database front-end.
We need to contact LinuxCare and find out about local Linux support
options.
If possible, we should look into other local support options as well. Not
because I don't like LinuxCare, but because it's the right thing to do.
We need to contact Red Hat, SuSE, etc., for promotional materials.
Brochures, displays, etc. Copies of their free distributions to give out
would also be good.
We need to contact ISVs supporting Linux to get promotional materials.
Oracle, IBM, Informix, etc. Any company will have tons of sales junk they
just love to give away. Free sample CDs are even cooler.
We need to find out about local VARs and ISPs that are Linux-friendly, and
contact them for donations and about booths at the show.
[ I 100% agree with everything here and want to add that when the people
come forward to volunteer their services that they need to provide a commit
date as to when this will be done. I think that this could be done by small
groups or subcommittees. Take advertising for example. We need ~3-4 people
to come forward to take charge and plan then execute their proposal. Just
keep the group informed on the overviews of what is going on and don't stop
for anyone.
Not only are we going have fun with this I think that this could be really
BIG!!!]
T- 89 days
