I don't have specific numbers with me, but I think we can probably afford it - once, if we don't want to do anything else for the year.. :)
I'd like to see a hall or gym as well, but if we need to pay for this we'd only be able to do one Installfest a year. If we can find someone willing to donate such space, we'd be VERY happy.. :) We can always make arrangements with a local community center, or maybe even a school. But to do so before convergence (where we will be promoting the Installfest) might be short notice. We were looking at another location, but they want a few hundred for us to use the space. So now we're into a fallback position... Paul at VFXWeb has tentatively agreed to host us again, but they are a little concerned (as am I) about the number of people that may be attending. I'm guesstimating about 20 boxes for this one... Thanks for the input. Shawn (ps. Jason, are you ever going to make it to the meetings again??? :) ) On Wednesday 11 May 2005 22:49, Jason Louie wrote: > Are we in a position to rent a small community hall or a gym? I've been > wanting to see a big event for a while now. > > On 5/11/05, Shawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We are planning the next installfest for the weekend of the 28th/29th of > > May. > > We have one small issue to resolve before locking down which day it will > > be - > > location. > > > > VFXWeb and Computer Surplus have been great to us in the past, and > > probably > > will be in the future. However this particular Installfest will be > > promoted > > at Convergence, so we're hoping to see a larger turn out than usual. > > Unfortunately this probably means our usual locations will not be > > sufficient. > > Does anyone know of someplace relatively close to downtown that would be > > willing to donate some space for a day? The space should be large enough > > to > > handle approx 20 workstations (monitors, boxes, etc) including the people > > running the workstations and those that end up "milling about" :) trying > > to > > help or gather info. We will need enough power outlets to handle these > > workstations and peripherals (we can use power bars, so maybe we only > > need 5 > > or 10 outlets?), and Internet access would be a great addition, though > > may not be required. > > > > If you know of any such place, please email me off list > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). > > > > We are aiming to secure a place by the end of Friday - if this doesn't > > happen, > > Paul at VFXWeb has said he'd be willing to host another Installfest. I > > just > > don't want to inflict that type of crowd on his store... :) > > > > Thanks for any tips. > > > > Shawn > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
