[BLU/Officers] Online installfest

[Bill Ricker]

On Thu, Jun 18, 2020, 2:18 AM John Abreau <abreauj at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>

Nationally true, but here in Massachusetts,  we *have* cleared the first
wave, along with NY NJ and a few other states. (I've been following the
daily data releases at the .CSV level not PDF. Our GOP Gov'r is lying less
than you might expect.) Mass has got track and trace up and running before
NYS, with an experienced partner. This is good. I'm worried for the states
that aren't doing that at all yet.
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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Reopening rural areas that are only just starting to see local community
spread instead of spread from fleeing city folks is indeed a problem, the
first wave is alive there, and will snap back here if we fail in track and
trace.

So Interstate quarantine is still needed.

 That restaurants feel we aren't reopening fast enough enough is hard for
them, but also a sign it's not free enterprise gone wild.

I don't see us holding traditional in-person InstallFests before 2022,
>

I haven't thought hard about if there is a shielded, distanced layout for
the MIT basement yet, and even if I thought of a workable compromise, I
probably wouldn't consider it proper for me to attend. And I don't expect
MIT or Natick Senior to let us in any time soon anyway. So alas I concur.
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