[GLLUG] Penguicon 8.0 in 2010

[Marshal Newrock]

Chick, thank you for writing this up.

At this point, I don't think Randy's idea for what the computer lounge
should be is well-defined, just that he wants it to be more than what
it is now.  I'm sure I'll be working with him to determine exactly what
we want out of the computer lounge.  This was just the kick-off meeting
for Penguicon 8.0, so expecting clear-cut directives is a bit premature.

I am in favor of the Computer Lounge being an actual Penguicon
offering, as opposed to hoping GLLUG has the machines and manpower on
its own to run it.

Marshal


On Sat, 16 May 2009 21:57:09 -0400
Chick Tower <c.e.tower at gmail.com> wrote:

> We had the hand-off meeting today, at which this year's chairman
> (Matt Arnold) of the convention committee (concom) hands over control
> to next year's chairman (Randy Bradakis).  Some things were discussed
> about next year's Penguicon that affect us.
> 
> There will be no Brazilian beef.  Randy and others just feel it is 
> "tired" and has run its course.  Last year it was also left out of
> the early planning but popular demand brought it back.  However, I
> wouldn't count on that happening twice.  Thank you all again for
> helping out with it, this year and in years past.
> 
> Randy would like to make the computer lounge more a Penguicon
> offering than a GLLUG offering.  What that means is unknown, except
> that they want other LUGs to get involved, too.  Jer Lance also said
> we've been ignoring users of other OSs, such as FreeBSD, Mac OS X,
> and Windows, so they want to serve them better.  Don't ask me what
> that means, as it makes no sense to me; it's not as though we barred
> Windows laptops from connecting to our wireless access point, so far
> as I know.  Later I thought perhaps he meant we should have some
> Windows PCs in the lounge with other proprietary software that
> someone has requested, such as Adobe Photoshop or MS Office, but he
> also stressed that we want to feature open-source software in the
> lounge.  I don't know what open-source software is available on
> Windows but not on GNU/Linux, but maybe he has something in mind.  If
> I got any of this wrong, someone please correct me.
> 
> It looks like the convention will be in the Troy Marriott Hotel April 
> 30th, May 1st, and May 2nd.  Jer Lance is trying to get fast wireless 
> internet access that avoids the hotel's network.  I don't know if
> that would include the computer lounge, but, as Marshal pointed out
> to me, if everyone is using another network, perhaps the hotel's
> network will be half-way decent.


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