On 10/1/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Margot</b> <<a href="mailto:margot@lawrence1961.f9.co.uk">margot@lawrence1961.f9.co.uk</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Saturday we tentatively discussed using the Dartford venue again<br>in November, and also the possibility of holding installfests at<br>various venues around Kent.<br><br>Maybe the first installfest could be Dartford in November? I've
<br>received this newsletter from Mandriva, and we could get lots of<br>free goodies to use - and we wouldn't necessarily have to do it on<br>17 November, we could use our usual date of 24 November:<br><br>> Mandriva Linux 2008 will be released soon! In order to celebrate this
<br>> event, to bring Linux to new users and present the new features<br>> available in Mandriva Linux 2008, Mandriva would like to coordinate a<br>> worldwide Installfest on November 17th, 2007.<br>><br>> Expert Mandriva Linux users are invited to assist beginners to help
<br>> them get started with the operating system. Participants will be able<br>> to get help on installing Mandriva Linux 2008 on their laptop or<br>> desktop, get all answers to their questions and meet other Linux users.
<br>><br>> If you would like to hold an install party in your country, please<br>> contact <a href="mailto:lugs@mandrivalinux.org">lugs@mandrivalinux.org</a> and we will send send you:<br>><br>> * Mandriva Linux One 2008
<br>> * stickers<br>> * posters<br>> * pens<br>> * electronic communication kit<br>><br>> Check out all the information on Mandriva Community wiki :<br>> <a href="http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Community/Events/Installfest2008">
http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Community/Events/Installfest2008</a><br>><br>> If you have any question concerning the event, do not hesitate to<br>> contact us at <a href="mailto:lugs@mandrivalinux.org">lugs@mandrivalinux.org
</a>.<br>><br>> The Mandriva Team<br>><br><br>Any thoughts?</blockquote><div><br>I think that is a really good idea and could work really well just as long as enough KLUGGERS got involved. It would take some planning to make the most of the day, like advertising, sorting out power and equipment we might need. If we did do it, it would make sense to try and do it on the 17th November if the hall was available in Dartford.
<br><br>Any one else interested in this idea?<br><br>Colin<br></div><br></div><br>