[TriLUG] Another Installfest?

[Chris Knowles]

Kevin, no gritting, well said.

How about we just try to get wider publicity among ethnic groups.  Is
there a paper or such that would be a good way to get the installfest
info out to asian/african-american/hispanic/etc. communities?

I think that we are doing a really good job at getting people interested
in Linux... perhaps we could do better with minorities.

CJK

On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 19:05, Kevin - The Alchemist - Sonney wrote:
> Warning : I'm about to say some things that might offend one or more
> people. Grit your teeth, read the whole message, and if you *STILL* feel
> like blasting me for it, please do so off list. 
> 
> FYI - I'm mostly saying this as *ME* and not a member of the SC. OK?
> 
> On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 14:41, Sinner from the Prairy wrote:
> > What do you think about an Installfest specialy directed to the Asian 
> > community in the Triangle? Y'all know about Red Flag Linux, Hancom office and 
> > other GNU/Linux/OpenSource initiatives in Asia.
> 
> Personally, I think we should help people of any race, creed, or belief
> system at the installfest. If they happen to want to install one of the
> Asian distros, more power to them, and I/we will gladly help. 
> 
> However, having an installfest for a particular Ethnic, Racial,
> Religious or etc. group falls into the anti-discriminatory clauses of
> the AoI and against my personal beliefs. We're all Linux users here,
> regardless of national or ethnic origin, right?
> 
> If we went through with this suggestion, would we then have a
> African-American installfest? How about a Latino installfest? How about
> an installfest aimed at the homosexual community? A Catholic
> installfest? A women's installfest? 
> 
> I'm sure we've had members from all of these groups attend our meetings
> - should we have an installfest targeted at their demographic? And hey,
> maybe there are people out there that aren't happy with one of the
> previously mentioned groups - how would a "targeted" installfest affect
> their viewing of TriLUG and the linux community as a whole?
> 
> > If his goes OK, we can start to have schools and "theme" installfests.
> 
> I'm not against this idea, though. if a group asks for our help in
> throwing an installfest, I'm all for it. However, I will not accept
> unless *ANYONE* who wants to come in and install Linux can do so. 
> 
> That being said, how about we do our next installfest in August? That's
> about three months from now, and would be right on time for the third
> quarter. How about we do it at UNC (if they are willing to host us) and
> help *ANYONE* who shows up install whatever distro they want. 
> 
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