Nick Rout wrote: >Of course one point for next time is that there may not be so many >punters. We may have "soaked up" a large part of the "pool" of >interested people out there in ChCh. > On the other hand, word of mouth spreads like wild fire. As we had so few dissatisfied customers I have the feeling that this activity will probably take off like the proverbial Saturn V. Well, perhaps not quite, considering the power of the Microsoft marketing machine.
>Maybe we could do an evening IF with a limited number of registrations, >more like a 2 or 3 to 1 ratio of punters to installers, and do it in the >hall. A more reflective, slower paced install. We could make them a >regular thing, maybe once evetry three months, with a bit of tutoring >too.?? > > I'm all for that idea. I found the pressure-cooker atmosphere in the installation room a distinct impediment to giving of my best. >And with due respect to Chris S, I do think a decent net connection is >helpful to a fest. I solved several problems by searching the net or >looking up old Linux Journal articles on Saturday. > Certainly it's very helpful, but we seemed to get on pretty well without one in the installation room for most of the day. -- C. S.
