Ubuntu demo

[Brian DeLacey]

I'd welcome volunteer participation from a couple of people who would be
willing to spend a few hours some evening at College of the Holy Cross
(Worcester) to meet with some faculty / students for a demo of Ubuntu (7.10).
We would also have a chance to talk about the general philosophy and process
behind open source software. After a demo, we might also have a chance to
spend some time in a hands-on mini-clinic with Ubuntu running in a lab
setting. Details and agenda are TBD.

The date is not yet set, and depends on what works for volunteers willing to
participate.

Thanks,
  Brian

On 10/16/07, Martin Owens <doctormo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>



-- 
Brian
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