[BLU/Officers] Online installfest

[John Abreau]

I think the whole reopening fiasco is criminally irresponsible. The
pandemic is nowhere near over, and warnings of a "second" wave are actually
downplaying the threat; we haven't even come to the end of the first wave
yet.

I don't see us holding traditional in-person InstallFests before 2022,
regardless of any politically motivated reopening plans. It won't be safe
until an effective vaccine exists and has been widely and successfully
deployed, however long that takes.

Until then, online InstallFests may be a viable option, if we can work out
the logistics.






On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 4:41 PM Kurt Keville <kurt.keville at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bill raises some interesting scenarios for a virtual installfest. I
> rmember the way some companies tried to do remote installs and tech support
> in the early days. Wasn't CMGI into that? Linuxcare, maybe?
>
> If you did that, the single day install opportunity would diminish in
> importance, and the necessity of a help line would increase.
>
> You probably have a couple months to assess the in-person decision. If
> things are going well for the Commonwealth, we will be in Phase 4 of the
> reopening plan and a traditional event would be permissible. I doubt they
> would let us do it at MIT though...
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 4:12 PM John Abreau <abreauj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Our charges when we held InstallFests at MIT were always voluntary
>> donations. I don't see why online InstallFests should be any different in
>> that respect.
>>
>> In principle I like the idea of continuing to hold InstallFests for as
>> long as they are a useful service to our community. As I see it, the two
>> most critical issues are volunteer interest and attendee interest.
>>
>> What are your ideas regarding how we could pull this off?
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 3:04 PM Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Chris Allen asked me if we were planning an online installfest. I have
>>> some ideas how we could pull it off. We would have to charge and set some
>>> preconditions. Please your thoughts
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