Meeting updates...

[James Knott]

Christopher Browne wrote:
> On 5/4/05, James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
>>Colin McGregor wrote:
>>
>>>This is in follow-up to the Executive Working meeting last evening...
>>>
>>>One of the points that was emphasised at the meeting was (for legal reasons
>>>(i.e. avoid conflict with the Toledo Linux User Group)) that we away from
>>>TLUG to GTALUG (i.e. Greater Toronto Area Linux User Group).
>>>
>>>Spoke to the folks at Centennial College about doing an install fest at
>>>Centennial and they are VERY interested. The idea being that we would
>>>announce a place/time where you could bring your PC and get help with doing
>>>a Linux install. I was asked if we wanted to do this in say September since
>>>things are fairly quiet right now, and my answer was that I would like to do
>>>an install fest at a quiet time so we could see where problems crop up, this
>>>way come September we would be much better prepared to deal with issues with
>>>a large group. In other words I was suggesting two Centennial install fests.
>>>I was told they are reworking their network and so will not be able to this
>>>before about the end of May. Still, Centennial is on board for GTALUG
>>>install fests starting in June.
>>
>>Are you planning on going to the internet for the install?  If not, how
>>much network do you need?
> 
> 
> I think it would be unwise to assume the availability of a large
> "pipe" to the Internet.  While it may be possible to get access, it
> cannot be assumed.
> 
> The alternative is to have an "installfest kit", consisting of:
>  - A hub/switch with ~8 ports
>  - 10BaseT/10Base100 cabling for, say, 8
>  - A PC on which is installed copies some reasonable assortment of
> distribution CDs
>     thereby allowing access on the LAN via NFS/ftp/HTTP
> 
> If you have that, you don't need to go to the Internet.

That was my point.  According to Colin, Centennial's network is being 
reworked.  But if it's not needed, why is it a concern?  All we need is 
room and some tables etc., and perhaps our own server.

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