[GLLUG] Penguicon Computer Lounge Update

Jeremy Gransden jeremy at gransdenonline.com
Fri Feb 24 19:51:19 EST 2006


On Friday 24 February 2006 3:07 pm, Charles Ulrich wrote:
> Item 1: Penguicon Computer Lounge Meetings
>
> At last night's GLLUG meeting, Stan made the suggestion that we work on
> Penguicon computer lounge activities seperate from regular GLLUG
> meetings. After some discussion, we decided that this made sense because
> the social coffee shop atmosphere has never really worked well for
> actually getting things done. Thus, we'll be holding meetings in DeWitt
> where we volunteers can assemble to get the lounge ready for Penguicon
> 4.0. You don't necessarily have to attend the Penguicon or GLLUG
> meetings in order to contribute to our effort, but it might make it easier.
>
> The first Penguicon meeting will be held at the Ideal Solution office at
> 615 W Main St in DeWitt on Tuesday, February 28. If you're coming from
> Bridge St, look for the white mailbox on the left-hand side of the road.
> (See Link 1 below for a Google Map.) These meetings will likely be held
> weekly until either everything is done or until the con begins. If you
> want to help in any way, simply drop by sometime around 6PM and stay as
> long as you like. No RSVP is required.
>
> For our first meeting, we'll be creating a master schedule and expanding
> on the list of things which need to be done. We'll also get a start on
> some of the terminals for the terminal server.
>
> Item 2: Penguicon Wiki
>
> To keep up to date on what's going on, check out our Computer Lounge
> page on the Penguicon Wiki (link #2 below). The wiki is not
> world-editable so if you have any corrections, suggestions, comments, or
> questions about the wiki page, just send an email to me or the GLLUG
> mailing list.
>
> Item 3: Manning Schedule
>
> Chick Tower has offered to maintain the manning schedule for those who
> can volunteer their time in the lounge during the con. The official
> Penguicon program schedule should be available at about this time next
> month. As soon as you have a clear idea of which 1/2-hour blocks of time
> you can give us, send them to Chick at c.e.tower at gmail.com. Be generous
> if you can, because even with 8 or 9 people, it's going to be tough to
> keep the lounge manned at all times.
>
> Basically, we'll need three classes of Lounge Volunteers:
>
> - Setup Volunteers: Assist with the setup/teardown of lounge. We'll aim
> for setting up the lounge starting at 9AM to 10AM on Friday and
> hopefully be done by noon. Teardown will begin at 3PM on Sunday.
>
> - Technical Volunteers: Troubleshoot equipment, help users, answer
> questions, and so on. We probably won't need a tech volunteer in the
> room at all times, but we should probably have one or two in there all
> day friday in case there are any last-minute or surprise issues. If
> everything's relatively stable and few problems are encountered, we can
> cut back on techs. Should have basic knowledge of Linux and networking.
>
> - Security Volunteers: Keep an eye on the lounge to make sure nothing
> grows legs. Security volunteers can't also be techs during the same
> shift because someone could get smart enough to occupy the person with
> some random technical question while a cohort makes off with a laptop.
> We'll need at least one security volunteer in the lounge at all times.
>
> As you send your times to Chick, let him know whether you can be there
> for setup or teardown and whether you want specific blocks of time or
> whether you want him to schedule everything for you.
>
> That's all for now, hope I remembered everything...
>
> 1) http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=615+W+Main+St,+dewitt,+MI
> 2) http://wiki.penguicon.org/ComputerLounge

I can work security for most of the con. Just fill me in on when. I can also 
do limited Tech support but I am mostly a FreeBSD/ Windows guy (very new to 
linux, and contrary to popular belief linux and BSD are VERY different.).

thanks, 
Jeremy.
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jeremy
jeremy at gransdenonline.com


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