In the old days, installfests were the best thing since sliced bread, and NLUG has at times excelled at them. But by this decade, most distros have gotten their installers to the point that the installation is a pretty simple exercise (modulo rare hardware). Attendance at our installfests dropped off pretty sharply, as people found that the installation could usually be completed with a few clicks.
We adapted to that by combining them with "tweak-fests"- helping with the setup of the newly-installed system for new users, getting the multimedia working, and finding/compiling drivers for the occasional odd bit of hardware. But we still suffered from some pretty paltry turnout, at times. So I don't want to discourage the installfest plans (heck, I'll probably show up) but to avoid disappointment, we need to have a plan to drum up attendees -- advertise heavily to undregrads, identify specific interested individuals, offer free software CDs -- is there someone with marketing expertise/enthusiasm lurking this year who'd be willing to pitch in? Otherwise, it may just be an NLUG meeting with an overabundance of hardware -- not a bad thing in itself, of course -- but let's make sure we match up our goals and expectations. -J'n --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
