On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Shaul Karl wrote:
> > I saw Ira's post about him want to cancel the IW2K, and I got scared.
> >
I promissed myself I won't get dragged into this, but I'm the proverbial
penguinophile, I can't help it.
> As someone who has volunteered I can say:
> 1)Help from anyone is most appreciated.
> 2) Perhaps many people believe that they are too clue less for presenting
> Linux in front of a wide audience?
there are many clueful people here. the clue-less can also help. IF the
show indeed goes on (and there are many people with a healthy interest
in that!) then thehardware will be in configuration stages for the next
two weeks at the offices of LinuxQA at the Bursa in Ramat Gan, you can
come over in the evenings, see the experts work on the machines, learn
by looking over their shoulders and ask questions, it can be a 2-week
long insta party almost (all ofcourse if LinuxQA is OK with this, I
can't speak for them).
so the clue-less can become clue-full. we didn't all start out as Unix
wizards! (well, maybe Amos, Ury and Chen did), and learning should not
scare you. linux is all about sharing knowledge and info.
if you volunteer to help at the booth, we;ll have meetings before the
booth is opened to the public, you can learn how to operate the
different tools we demo there, and help with brochures and the less
technical questions too. see Shaul's point 1!
> 3) These things might roll by themselves. That is, maybe people are planning
> to come but are not willing to commit themselves?
then send me a MAYBE. it will be a huge fadikha if people here go all
the way to get a booth, hardware, sponsors, shirts, pamphlets, and
nobody comes to show at the booth. if we screw this up no one will give
us hardware and help for the future activities, in case we decide to be
"more serious" next time.
that's the reason I decided to quit and cancel. I have an annoying
feeling like We're doing this only for myself and 5-6 other people
again. people gladly come to lectures we organize but can't commit to
getting up and act?
I told everyone about the demo day, 10 people commited to come. LinuxQA
printed 20 sweatshirts. 25-30 people show up and are offended they
didn't get a shirt. well DUH, that's why I asked to know how many are
coming.
but this is not a 2-hours-of-sidewalk-fun, this is a booth in a national
trade show, with logistics and all. I want to know YESTERDAY how many
people can come, and not get "good surprises" at the last moment. this
is not serious organization.
if you can come and help, TELL ME. we MUST know what the resources are
and devide/manage them correctly before I get hardware and print
pamphlets and alert the media. MAN POWER is the only thing stopping this
event from being a success.
> 5) I believe we somehow committed ourselves not to participate at stier's
> shows. I am not at all sure it is wise.
we didn't. it was discussed later on IGLU. the Tiger didn't want us to
use P&C to save money and later spend it at Steir, but I explained we
are guests by donation in both cases and in that case he said it's fine.
> 6) Perhaps the real way to spread out Linux is not by showing what others have
> done but by sitting alone at office or at home and write an Hebrew office
> suite? Or by volunteering to admin a web server on a machine that is
> contributed by Compac at your local MERKAZ KEHILATY?
perhaps both? get the children in the matnas and schools, get the
programmers and PHBs at the floor show. the floor show is CHEAPER and
EASIER to do. especially since the IGLU activists already got the
hardware side covered. all people need to do is SHOW UP, it won't cost
them more than the fuel in the car to get to ganey hataarucha.
I'm talking too much again. you may get the wrong impression I care. I
stopped caring, since I cared enough for a whole year in the last two
months. someone else will take over this I hope, because I can't be
involved like that anymore.
Over and out,
Ira.
--
Ira Abramov ; Penguinophile ; www.linux.org.il
"A word to the wise: a credentials dicksize war is usually a bad idea on the
net."
(David Parsons in c.o.l.development.system, about coding in C.)
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