"Workshop" sounds onerous. "Open Day" sounds open and inviting.
If I lived in Brisbane and wanted to know more about Ubuntu, I would read "Open Day" as an event that was open to all and inviting my attendance to receive enlightenment whereas "Workshop" has connotations of "bring your wellies and shovel and a towel to mop the sweat from your brow". "InstallFest" does not generate any interest - it is a fabricated word used by cognoscenti only. Great initiative, Jared. Good luck. Andre . On 23 May 2012 13:26, Chris Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > Agreed on all counts Jared. > > I think I prefer "Workshop" over "Open Day" because it suggests that > actual work will be done, rather than just a banner waving informational > type day. Either would seem to be better than "InstallFest". I think the > difference might be cultural - perhaps "InstallFest" works better in other > countries. > > We need a poster specificaly designed to be placed in the venue (if > possible) so that frequent users of the venue (ie Public Library) get to > know about it well in advance. Hopefully it will generate more local > traffic in addition to the other advertising that we do. > > Chris. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jared Norris <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Tuesday, 22 May 2012 10:28 PM > *Subject:* Mid-Cycle Events > > Good evening all, > > In January the Brisbane members got together for an InstallFest during > the middle of the cycle for the 11.10 release cycle. We discussed that > we would probably like to make this a regular occasion as an addition > to the release parties. We also decided that the name InstallFest was > a bit misleading and discouraged other users from attending. Therefore > I propose we change the name to "Ubuntu-AU Workshop", "Ubuntu-AU Open > Day" or something similar and market it as something people can come > to for help installing, general problems or just curious. I would also > like to suggest that other locations join in on the action and create > their own local events. > > So from what I can tell we need to do the following: > * Decide what to call it > * Organise co-ordinators and volunteers for each location wanting to > participate > * Create loco.u.c events > * Organise a venue (we found public libraries had free meeting rooms > that were great, we also decided to pick them as close to free parking > and public transport as possible). > * Market the events > * Hold the events > > Thoughts, comments or questions anyone? > > -- > Regards, > > Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > >
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