Ian, I'd like to weigh in here. I wasn't at the Installfest on Saturday. I wish I could have been, but (for those who aren't aware) job circumstances have relocated me to Hunstville, Alabama. It's a bit of a hike to Raleigh.
That said, I remember last year's Installfest at Wake Tech. We had so many people (and computers) there that we shut down a power circuit in the room. jtower personally accused me of sucking the life out of it with two monitors and a dual-Xeon tower. Comparing that with accounts of (maximum) 5 TriLUG members over the course of a day, I think what was said below was fair, and not in any slight to the NCSU folks. I think it was said in perspective of past efforts, and not to attach either group. >From the accounts I've read on this thread, I think TriLUG can do better. I wish I could help, but right now I'm not in a position to do so. William On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Ian Meyer wrote: > That's what I heard. > > And if this is the sentiment from TriLUG overall (which I hope and > think that it isn't) I guess we ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) don't have to worry about > working with you guys in the future. > > It had been discussed to do something like this in the past, and this > was the attitude that we talked about, and why we decided not to do > it. Sure we may be small, but do pretty darn well for our size. Before > you go spouting off about distros and networks, take a look at > Harrelson G108 and the local mirror (I believe its > mirror.linux.ncsu.edu, and it may be restricted to the NCSU IP block). > Its got a killer network, fat pipe, and always works without a hitch. > > The PXE/DHCP box I'm sure was convenient and helpful, but without it, > things wouldn't have fallen apart as more than one person has > mentioned. We've managed to get through plenty of installfests on our > own, and it looks like we'll keep it that way. > > Sure, more notice would have been great, but you know what, that > wasn't our fault. Don't lump it in with your perceived problems on our > end. We were approached and asked if TriLUG could "share" our > intstallfest, with the hopes that both our groups would benefit. I > would dare say that we benefited from having more people there than we > would have had, and TriLUG benefitted from having a great space to > use. If it was underutilized, thats not our fault. > > Heather-- If you're out there, and I've overstepped my bounds, by all > means, step in and say something, but I for one, will not be > supporting working with TriLUG again until we can get this superiority > complex sorted out. > > ~Ian Meyer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 22:40:49 -0500, Tanner Lovelace > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:46:20 -0500, David McDowell > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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. > > > > Hey, I think we have a new volunteer to organize installfest from now on! > > > > :-) > > > > So, David, when's the next one? Let us know what you want to > > do and where you want to have it. Make sure you budget for > > pizza too. I'm sure TriLUG will appreciate your contribution. :-P > > > > Cheers, > > Tanner > > > > -- > > Tanner Lovelace > > clubjuggler at gmail dot com > > http://wtl.wayfarer.org/ > > http://www.freeiPods.com/?r=8127171 > > (fieldless) In fess two roundels in pale, a billet fesswise and an > > increscent, all sable. > > -- > > 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 > > > -- 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
