Ubuntu demo

[Martin Owens]

Hey this sounds like a really froody idea and I'm in as far as being a
body there at the event there are however a few events that we need to
take account of; the Ubuntu Developers summit in Boston is coming up,
the Education Summit is next week in Boston too for 2 days.

At such an event we would be looking to start the students and
attendees off on getting comfortable with the idea of Ubuntu and then
later we can encourage some independent activities so they can share
etc.

Do you want help organising this event or are you able to handle this?

Best Regards, Martin Owens

On 16/10/2007, Brian DeLacey <bdelacey at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Martin and Mike,
>
> This is correspondence I've had with the Math Dept at College of the Holy
> Cross (HC) where I attended (llllong ago.)
>
> It's really good news that they are interested / excited about a demo of
> Ubuntu. Maybe we can get some 7.10 CDs?
>
> I believe colleges could be an enormously important garden for Ubuntu to set
> some roots in.
>
> Can we  work together to make a visit to the college of the Holy Cross as
> part of the Ubuntu College Tour?
>
> HC is a liberal arts school and I think will really understand the spirit of
> Ubuntu. In addition, the president has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering
> (computer engineering) from Carnegie-Mellon University and worked as a
> consultant at AT&T Bell Laboratories.)
>
> Maybe we're onto something with this initiative?
>
> - Brian
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Gareth Roberts < groberts at radius.holycross.edu>
> Date: Oct 16, 2007 3:55 PM
> Subject: Re: Ubuntu demo
> To: "Andrew D. Hwang" <ahwang at mathcs.holycross.edu>
> Cc: bdelacey at gmail.com, Constance Royden <croyden at radius.holycross.edu>,
> jdmado09 at holycross.edu
>
> Hi Andy and Brian,
>
> I think the Ubuntu GNU/Linux demo/event you describe would be great fun
> and yes, the Math/CS Club should be a sponsor along with the department.
> In terms of the calender, next week is fairly busy with a career panel
> Tuesday night and the upper-level course fair either Wednesday or
> Thursday.  However, the following two weeks look pretty good, Oct. 29 -
> Nov. 2 or Nov. 5 - 9.  John L. and I will be conducting a Putnam exam
>  problem-solving session on Tuesday Oct. 30 from 5:30 - 7:00 but that's the
> only conflict I forsee.
>
> As for Math/CS Club interest, Jon Madore (email above) was the only
> officer who expressed interest so I think he would be the right contact
> person for coordinating the event, settling on a date, putting up fliers,
> etc.  We could probably get the dept. to pay for pizza but I'm very
> hesitant to have pizzas and sodas in the computer lab.  Maybe students
> could gather in the student lounge first, then head over to Haberlin 408.
>
> Thanks for organizing,
> Gareth
>
> On Mon, 15 Oct 2007, Andrew D. Hwang wrote:
>
> > Hi Gareth,
> >
> > A few of Stanzi's students expressed interest in an Ubuntu GNU/Linux
> > demo/event. Are any of the club officers other than Jon Madore interested,
> > and would the club like to organize?
> >
> > The idea would be for a couple of people from a local User's Group to
> visit
> > one evening and bring "live CDs", which can be booted on the machines in
> > Haberlin 408, turning the machines into fully-functional GNU/Linux
> > workstations. The facilitators would talk about free software
> (philosphically
> > and practically); show the students around the system, perhaps have them
> > browse the web, create documents, etc.; and answer questions. The students
> > would be welcome to keep the CDs.
> >
> > Are there good or bad dates to think about such an event? Probably the
> > visitors need a couple of weeks notice, but earlier is better.
> >
> > Stanzi's students said food would be an incentive to attend, though I have
> > mixed feelings about gustatory bribery. However, if there's a budget,
> there's
> > probably no harm in getting a pizza.
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > Andrew D. Hwang                       ahwang at mathcs.holycross.edu
> > Department of Math and CS
> http://mathcs.holycross.edu/~ahwang
> > College of the Holy Cross     (508) 793-2458 (Office: 320 Swords)
> > Worcester, MA, 01610-2395     (508) 793-3530 (fax)
>  >
>
>
> --
> Brian