On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Mark Riedesel <<a href="mailto:mriedesel@gmail.com">mriedesel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I'm available that day and would be happy to assist if we can get<br>
something semi-organized in time. I can bring my laptop and burn off<br>
distros as needed.<br>
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-Mark<br>
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On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Derek Kozlowski<br>
<<a href="mailto:derek.kozlowski@gmail.com">derek.kozlowski@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > If you can talk Steve Langasek into doing a presentation on disk about<br>
> > the philosiphy aspect, that would be great. He has that down cold<br>
> ><br>
> > You can also reference and possibly hand out "The Cathedral and the<br>
> > Bazaar" and offer for sale (working with the campus book store) "In the<br>
> > Beginning was the Command Line".<br>
> ><br>
> > I have an Etch box that runs World of Warcraft and Skype if that will help.<br>
> > Jim<br>
><br>
> Thanks for the suggestions. I am assuming Steve Langasek is part<br>
> of the mailing list I am not yet familiar with everyone. Steve if you<br>
> are willing to take part in our Technology Showcase on March 19th I<br>
> would love to have you around. We have a few more slots open for<br>
> presentations during the day if you are interested in taking 1 or 2<br>
> throughout the day to discuss the philosophy of linux, maybe discuss a<br>
> bit about open software in general I think it would be a great<br>
> addition. If interested in sticking around the showcase throughout<br>
> the day It would be nice to have 1 or 2 more individuals that can be<br>
> at the table to do some demos and answer questions.<br>
><br>
> Jim, are you interested in just getting involved in presentations<br>
> or can I convince you to take a part in the booth. At the LUG I would<br>
> like to be able to show off a couple linux based projects (mythtv, and<br>
> your etch) that people have put together. In addition to a couple<br>
> general purpose machines. I can even provide a couple machines<br>
> (Optiplex gx270/gx280) that you guys can configure as needed. You can<br>
> use the machines to demonstrate how easy it is to install linux at the<br>
> start of the day, if you don't want to prepare it prior to the day of<br>
> the showcase. I would like to see atleast one machine set up with<br>
> Compiz so we can demonstrate some of the special effects that are<br>
> available.<br>
><br>
> We can use this as a mini Linux Demo Day. Anyone interested in<br>
> bringing pamphlets, reference sheets or burning cd's to give out<br>
> during the day are more then welcome to. Heck, if anyone can bring<br>
> some ISO's of the current linux versions we can burn the cd's at the<br>
> showcase. IT can provide a spindle of cd's and a sharpie for the day.<br>
> Feel free to use your distro flavors of choice for the demos.<br>
><br>
> Contact me if you are interested in getting involved.<br>
> I would prefer it if you contact me directly, or atleast cc my email<br>
> directly so your email is not over looked since the showcase is coming<br>
> up quickly.<br>
> I can be contacted by phone through the SAU IT Service desk<br>
> (563.333.6368) or email at my posting address.<br>
> For those interested in getting involved please send me your name,<br>
> contact info, and how you would like to participate.<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
> - Derek<br>
><br>
> Derek Kozlowski<br>
> Lab Manager<br>
> Information Technology<br>
> St. Ambrose University<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br><br>Sadly, I can only be available until about 2PM. If that's ok I'll be glad to come.<br><br>Jim<br>