On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:30:40 +1200 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:19, Douglas Royds wrote: > > Roughly what is involved in organising the fix-up session? > Nothing much, we just put out the call a few days before the event. From experience I would say more notice is needed. what i have found works in the past was appointing a volunteer to co-ordinate. Said volunteer calls for victims on the CLUG list about 2-3 weeks before the event. Replies direct to the co-ordinator not the list. At the same time s/he points out that volunteer fixers will be needed and to note the diaries The co-ordinator collates all the queries and posts a single message to the list close to the time, summarising the problems. This allows some research time. Some volunteers might pre-pick a problem they think they can solve. For non matched-up problems you just have to hope the right skills are there on the night. And to answer the other point, i see no problems in doing full installs if people arrive in time and have fast enough hardware to make it possible in the 3 odd hours normally available, but if demand is high I would be open to suggestions about how we prioritise installs vs fixing broken stuff. Notice is needed so that distro disks can be copied/obtained. The concept of "broken" might be a little misleading here, its as much about showing people how to get some particular thing going, it may not be the software or the hardware thats broken, merely the users ability to understand it. We aim to fix that too! Equipment: power cords, multi boxes and network cables are usually a sticking point. Every one with a box should bring an extension cord and a multibox AND a network cable. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
