On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:46:20 -0500, David McDowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I couldn't be there that day due to other committments, but I usually > show up to Installfests... however... I was there in spirit :) > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] does this regularly, so we should be better organized for > > the > next one. > > I have to say that overall, I am glad that I didn't show up to this > event. If it weren't for my spare hardware mixed with Kevin's spare > hardware and Kevin Otte's hard work to get an install box up at the > last minute (like late the night before at my place), I believe > someone in this thread said "it would have been sunk". Kudo's to > Kevin's efforts as I understand the machine was highly useful. :) > > TriLUG has far greater reaching power than [EMAIL PROTECTED] (no offense NCSU > folks, please take this with a grain of salt). > > So, that said, let's look at the power TriLUG has. We are growing at > an unbelievable and wonderous rate! It's quite exciting to see our > meeting attendance at, near, and over 100 people each month now. > That's awesome!! Also thanks to Red Hat for the larger facility! > However... > > TriLUG, we can do better. To me, this past weekend felt like a > cop-out from the get-go. TriLUG rested on the shoulders of NCSU > (which also felt like nearly the last minute piggy-back in comparison > to previous TriLUG Installfests). Then small turnout and almost no > support from the vast TriLUG resource is saddening. I'm sure planning > had some to do with folks not having enough advance time to plan > calendars. > > Past TriLUG Installfests have had lots of advanced notice, as well as > organization for people at the door, burned CDs of tons of distros, a > fully functional network (I believe at least the last 2 times at Wake > Tech thanks to Jason Tower for running the network, not sure who > provided all the hardware, but thanks to all those folks!), and LOTS > of PARTICIPATION!! Not to mention the usual TriLUG event "free" > pizza, donations accepted as the financial contribution is just as > important as the human/hardware element to a successful Installfest. > > I hope we take lesson from this and do better, a lot better, b/c I > know we can. I may not have tons of spare hardware and cables, but I > sure have the spirit. I go when at all possible and learn something > new as well as teach others what I can. I hope the next Installfest > brings us back to par, maybe even a birdie for good measure. :) > > thanks, > David McD > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc >
Not to mention that everybody can't come to events on saturday :-( -- Jason Faulkner ------------------------ OldOs.org Owner/Admin / http://oldos.org / [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------ Certified INGOTS Gold Assessor Trainer / http://www.theingots.org ------------------------ OpenOffice.org Marketing Volunteer / [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
