[lug] CU-boulder install-fest

[Aaron Martin]

Downstairs in the ECE Capstone area (e-center) would be pretty nice, lots of 
room and i don't think it's busy with classes in the summer.  plus who ever is 
in charge of the space might give some respect to the cause.  Dunno who's in 
charge of it, tho.  i could ask.  Is there a formal way to propose these 
things, or do you just ask around?

-aaron

Quoting Glenn Ashton <gfa at idiom.com>:

> 
> When we did the Mini-expo at CU we didn't get charged for space or for
> bandwidth.
> 
> In addition, we had raffle items.
> 
> This required three phone calls and one face to face meeting to get
> sponsored and get the space.  Many, many members of the BLUG then came
> forward to offer a variety of things including install help in the install
> room, demos in the demo theater and help with the "what can I do with
> Linux" in the expo room.  We even ordered pizza in the install room.
> 
> In any event, a student group or academic department can sponsor events
> like this for free, and there ought to be at least one academic department
> that might have an interest.  It was hard to get anything done in the UMC
> or with the bookstore in the last couple of years due to the renovation.
> Maybe we can ask them if they would be interested.  The bookstore even
> offered a discount for Linux/ Open Source books.  If someone is over
> there, could they check and see if the Buffalo Chip still stocks Redhat
> and O'Reilly books?  If they do, they might be interested in helping with
> an event because it promotes sales of boxed sets and books.
> 
> Granted, when I did it the free schwag spigot runneth over due to a good
> economy, but I think having an expo/ installfest actually serves a
> valuable purpose on campus, which is why we did it that way.
> 
> It's terrific that SoftPro is so kind with their space, but to really do
> an event other than a small installfest there is self limiting.  Maybe
> that's the event that folks want though...
> 
> -Glenn Ashton
> 
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