-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 We had our last InstallFest of the year yesterday at Computer Surplus. I think it went very well. We had a decent turnout (despite the initial crappy weather). We were given the back croner of the store to set up with tables and chairs kindly provided by Computer Surplus along with the power bars and Internet connectivity and networking.
I'd say we had between 20 - 30 people hang out in our area during the course of the day. We did several Linux installs and had some demo machines on hand for people to check out. Our burning machine appeared to have some hardware issues so unfortunately we weren't able to burn much of anything for anyone. We did have a few people with pre-configured machines with working burners, so we were able to hand out a few discs. Thanks for lending a hand with that guys. I would like to say a big thank-you to Keith, Tyler, Ray and the rest of the staff at Computer Surplus for allowing us to come and hold our event there. Big thanks also to Jesse for getting this event on its feet and helping out. Thanks to everyone else who was there to volunteer and the people who were there as participants. You all made the day a success! I apologize to the people we had to turn away at the end. We just didn't have time to do your installs and we felt it was unfair to go through the initial process only to interrupt in partway through. As a treat and as a way of making amends for not having a barbecue this year we decided to foot the bill for some vittles for the day. We handed out 15 coupons that were good for a combo pizza, a pop and a piece of banana bread from Coco Brooks restaurant which happened to be just down the block from Computer Surplus. The were kind enough to give us a break on the food (we saved over $20) and they took a corporate cheque which made it very easy to settle up at the end of the day. We also had coffee and donut holes on hand. Yes, I think it was a success. Way to go team! - -- Jarrod Major GPG Fingerprint: FA4A 1EA3 A0EE A842 07BB 804C 0090 14F6 BE6E DE3D Registered Linux User: #224211 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iQCVAwUBQY6K2gCQFPa+bt49AQKzDAP+JG+lq/Ye6GDqBJJq4J57CIG52aHGmMjA jexTMcNfoJ93AaXbOTNAJeEFZyq9qbHbyKWIn2KYFbRNNdBBrA2EKW9fMICf1rtU ycUxlEXppee9GUBQKyoI5MNIwOIVc9IFo5yqt4unwWoFadJdOdKwMKE2CrlpKJYg F3wTJ0hdBPg= =eT9H -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
