Chick, You can count me and a guy I work with in Walled lake to help for a while at some point.  We will have to nail down the times we're available closer to the con.  (pending con schedule and work schedule) Most likely sometime during the day on Saturday. I follow up later once the schedules gel more to see if we can help fill in any holes. Craig <div>On 3/12/08, Chick Tower <<a href="mailto:c.e.tower@gmail.com">c.e.tower@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Once again, it is time for me to ask for volunteers to staff the Penguicon computer lounge for this year's convention, which will be held on April 18th, 19th, and 20th.  For more deatils on Penguicon, including the schedule of events, please consult <a href="http://www.penguicon.org">http://www.penguicon.org</a>. The computer lounge is open during almost the entire run of Penguicon, so we'll need voluteers manning the lounge from Friday afternoon until Sunday around noon.  We'll also need extra people on-hand to set the lounge up and test all the terminals Friday morning and to put things away early Sunday afternoon.  (Exact times for these operations will be announced closer to the convention.)  Finally, we'll need many extra volunteers in the lounge when we hold the Linux install-fest; last year, the first time we had an install-fest, we were swamped.  We have need of technically-skilled people as well as those not technically-inclined, because we need to keep an eye on the property in the room at all times and answer the many questions people have about FOSS and the computer lounge itself, so please do not fail to volunteer because you think you have no useful skills to offer.  Other than set-up, tear-down, and the install-fest, we will always have one security/answer-desk person on duty and we'll have a technical, network-support person in the lounge from the morning through the evening, but not all night. Please let me know if you can give us some time to help out in the lounge by sending me an e-mail to this address.  Feel free to specify times you can and/or cannot staff the lounge, although I understand that with the thus-far incomplete and variable schedule of events it will be difficult to determine what presentations you want to attend until Penguicon is almost upon us.  I already have one volunteer; thank you, Ariel. While I do hope every GLLUG member who attends Penguicon spends some time helping out in the computer lounge, I hope you'll all find time to attend the convention even if you don't volunteer.  If you can't spend the whole weekend there, you can buy one-day passes and come for the day.  I've been at the last two, and it's hard to describe how much fun it is just to hang out for an extended period with fellow members, and there are plenty of opportunities to meet new friends.  There are lots of things to do, free food in the convention (con) suite, and GLLUG will be hosting a room party both Friday and Saturday nights.  Plus, since it's also a science-fiction and fantasy convention, there are lots of people wearing entertaining costumes and just generally having a good time.                                 Chick _______________________________________________ linux-user mailing list <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> </blockquote></div>