[BLU/Officers] Installfest summary

[Jerry Feldman]

I need jabr to out it on the web site and answer Devin

On Thu, Aug 8, 2019, 3:05 PM Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 10:06 AM Kurt Keville <kurt.keville at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> Yeah, swapfest makes a lot of sense... maybe not August though... this
>> place is a ghost town right now...
>> http://www.swapfest.us/
>>
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> At some point, I'd like to
> (a) deliver Installfest flyers to every table selling reconditioned / used
> computers, offering assistance for converting to Linux,
> (b) hold installfest same day, at adjacent site, and so offer reloading OS
> on site.
> (c) or hold installfest following weekend so that flyer isn't discussing
> too far in advance.
> (d) possibly have a table inside the Flea/Swapmeet to handout fliers, sell
> my own junque, and maybe do an install on the fly there, in conjunction
> with any of (a-c).
>
> Alas the walkable buildings from Swapfest garage aren't as simple for
> Installfest, so we've punted.
> A^2 is the following SUnday, so we could consider flyering August Flea if
> we create a flyer ASAP.
>
>
> It will be interesting to see if A^2 generates much traffic. Most of the
>> constituents fancy themselves as Linuxperts
>>
>
> Kinda surprising they aren't offering their own service
>
>> so I suspect there won't be much walkins on their part... but you may get
>> some interest on the back to school population in Somerville.
>>
>
> If advertised in the right places
>
>> This is not on their calendar...   https://artisansasylum.com/calendar/
>>
>
> One presumes a little more communications will get it there.
> If not, there's a problem
>
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