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Re: installation party
Shachar, thanks for the report - much appreciated. I was very disappointed I
couldn't come - but c'est la vie.
Regarding the parties in the technion - any party expected anytime soon?
ofer.
-----Original Message-----
From: Shachar Tal <shachar@vipe.technion.ac.il>
To: Ofer Maor <oferm@hcs.co.il>
Cc: ILUG <Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il>
Date: יום ראשון 14 פברואר 1999 20:18
Subject: Re: installation party
>On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, Ofer Maor wrote:
>
>> can someone please send a "report" regarding the latest insta-party?
>> I think people in here who couldn't come would like to hear feedbacks...
>
>I'll report from my point of view at the installation party. I was there
>from 9:00 till around 13:00, and mostly did installations and answered
>questions. Nahum also asked me to help on some organizational stuff, but I
>don't think I could help much, since it was way too crowded. The place was
>crawling with lots of people, and it wasn't organized to deal with that
>amount. There were 14 installation stations, yet there were around 4-5
>people doing the installations, and they didn't have what needed for the
>installations. Next time, we'll need a CD with latest XFree rpms burned on
>it, as 90% of the installees there had an ATI AGP card or a Matrox G200
>which required the latest XFree (3.3.1-3). The crowd was showing definite
>knowledge of Linux, and I couldn't find almost any newbies around. 90%
>worked on Unix before, and 80% knew Linux before.
>
>Suggestions for the next party: PF1/Sivan, no offense, but please don't
>bring dozens of employees to stand around doing nothing. They got in the
>way of helpful people doing stuff. I also don't think that the "Ask Nahum"
>approach is the way to go. Nahum seemed to be trying to get on top of
>everything, a credit to him, but it was simply too complex an operation to
>be carried by one man. When we had parties in the Technion there were at
>least 3 people who knew the answers to all the questions (IP addresses
>that can be given to computers, gateway, where can I find a CD to install
>from, boot disk, monitor, power cables etc.) Also, there should have been
>someone in charge of processing incoming people (and computers ) and
>launching then to the next installer that is becoming available. I've had
>a queue of 7-8 people behind me, while another installer had 2.
>
>That's what I can think of right now.
>
>To sum it up, the party went well, we installed a big bunch of computers,
>but we could definitely need more planning. I offer my services as an
>experienced party thrower for the next party. :)
>
>Shachar Tal
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>finger shachar@vipe.technion.ac.il for contact information or PGP key.
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