Installfest thoughts

[Colin McGregor]

Well, a summay of the events, I got out to Centenial
by about 8:15, and found that Seneca, and Ralph
Harrington (our contact at Centenial College) were
already at the room. Ralph had been kind enough to
bring in some coffee and some "Tim Bits". Over the
next bit other volunteers showed up, now the list of
people who came included (and sorry if I missed
anyone):

- Danial Armstrong
- Gordon Chillcott
- Edward Chin
- David C. Chipman
- Seneca Cunningham
- Teddy Mills
- William Park
- Allen Taylor
- Amos Weatherhill

Since I had assumed that I would be on my own for
snacks, I had brought some mini-carrots, pita bread,
and home made humus (disgusting healthy stuff, but
mixed in with some Tim Bits I think it all balances
out).

At least two of the Centenial instructors turned up.

The one thing that didn't happen was people who needed
help getting Linux installed. So it became a TLUG
meeting away from TLUG. Still everyone seemed to have
come away fairly happy...

Something to be discussed, I passed out some 300
flyers promoting this event, nobody showed, what went
wrong?

- Was the flyer wrong look/layout?
- Did I not promote the event in the right places?
- Was the date wrong (i.e.: end of summer)?
- Was the place wrong (too far from subway)?
- Something else?

Other concerns, who speaks for GTALUG? I arranged for
a release form (not needed this time out) to be
checked and vetted by a local lawyer. Part way through
the event I found those forms had been hidden under a
pile of release forms that as far as I could tell had
NOT been checked by an Ontario lawyer (never mind by
one that I trust). Now, again the comes questions
comes up, who speaks for GTALUG, at least for this
this event I thought I was... Further could these
other release forms expose myself and/or GTALUG to
legal liability?

On the way home I did stop off at Computer Warehouse
Outlet (25 foot Cat 5 cables for $2.49 :-) also (while
I didn't buy any as I already have 2), they had
Microsoft Wireless mice (model 1008) for $9.99). This
not far off my way home at Kennedy and Ellesmere.


Colin McGregor
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