Andrew, thats what i meant. it needs to be taken public. to the community of nashville.
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Andrew Farnsworth <[email protected]>wrote: > > Evan, > Great idea, but take it public. Put up notices at book stores, > computer stores, etc. Additionally, post the meetings in the news > papers (Nasvhille Scene, Tennessean, etc) as most of these will take > non-profit / no-cost events for free. Also, see if you can entice them > to send a reporter (even a junior reporter) to a meeting. Be sure to > have a good presentation ready for it and really try to bring in the > members for it to show strength. Maybe get Redhat to come in and > present or some other similar big name. Maybe gather donations / seek > sponsorship to bring in a speaker. > > Andy > > Evan Brown wrote: > > Yes, it was also said in the IRC that NLUG needs to get out in the > > community, post fliers in places or whatever. Try to bring in more > > members, ones that these things are good for. I say more than just > > trying to get with local CS departments and such.. there are many > > people out there that have the thought of trying to learn linux but > > dont know where to start and do not know about nlug. i think if we > > worked some on drumming up attendees that we could fill these > > installfests with interesed and willing to learn people.. > > > > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Chris McQuistion > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Good point. Something Russ mentioned to me off-list, was Myth TV. > > There seems to be a lot of interest in it and a lot of people > > that would love some hands-on help getting it set up. Perhaps a > > targeted kind of install fest, like a MythTV Install Fest (as just > > one example) would be a good idea? > > > > Chris > > > > > > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Jonathan Sheehan > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > wrote: > > > > > > 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
