[Blackpool] Fwd: OKAY COMPUTER 2 - response needed asap

[Michael Rimicans]

Evenin' All

If I'm not busy moving house and finding a job I'm happy to help out on 
the hardware/software side of things.

Agree with holding it with Software Freedom Day as this would increase 
the potential numbers of attendees and increase exposure.

Michael

On 15/04/11 20:19, Tony Hughes wrote:
> Hi Guys and Anna
>
> What about coinsideing the event with this years Software Freedom Day 
> on 17th September which is a Saturday you could have the event 
> Sat/Sunday. I would be willing to help on at least one of the days if 
> not both with PC building and installing OS's to PC's
>
> Tony Hughes
>
> On 15/04/11 12:27, Les Pounder wrote:
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Anna Morris"<say.hello.to.anna at googlemail.com>
>> Date: 15 Apr 2011 11:51
>> Subject: OKAY COMPUTER 2 - response needed asap
>> To: "Team MFS"<fsuk-manchester-team at nongnu.org>, "Samantha Bail"<
>> samantha.patricia.bail at googlemail.com>, 
>> "SonniesEdge"<sonniesedge at gmail.com>,
>> "Les Pounder"<lespounder at gmail.com>
>>
>> Hi, I have been musing on the possibility okay computer 2, and 
>> collating the
>> ideas thrown around after the first one. I have just agreed with mike to
>> come along tomorrow and help out, and as I have a load of posters 
>> left over
>> from OC1, I was planning on cutting the dates of the bottom and using 
>> them
>> to direct people to the website for a review of OC1 and some preliminary
>> info about the next event, however I have no preliminary info atm. I am
>> being very forward and assumptive as there has been little definite
>> aggreement from the parties involved, but I have 150 posters and a 
>> bag of
>> ideas so I might as well join in!
>>
>> *The idea*:
>>
>> To merge what we have already. with Girl Geek's build a PC, and work 
>> with
>> other org's too, for example manLUG, to hold a* two day event. *The 
>> first
>> day would be building the a machine, and philosophy - the second day I
>> really want to have a proper training session for people new to 
>> GNU/LINUX,
>> with some real debate and several speakers. *I want more politics, 
>> more tech
>> stuff and much much more on how to trouble shoot.* I am also very 
>> open to
>> working on different OS and comparing them, to open the weekend up 
>> from just
>> ubuntu, and perhaps even having a formal debate about issues at the 
>> end of
>> the second day (for the participants, not the organisers) where 
>> people can
>> really learn the* confidence to join in on arguments and express what 
>> the
>> feel about technology*.
>>
>> The weekend would focus on *empowerment and intensive skill building*. I
>> want non-advanced tech's getting involved to feel more confident around
>> strongly opinionated people such as, no offence dear, Simon, and to feel
>> less intimidated by the non GUI stuff that they will come into 
>> contact with
>> when getting help from, for example, people like JP and Mike. I have 
>> decided
>> that these things are inevitable and its best to train people how to 
>> deal
>> with them in a positive way. I also want people to see *differnt groups
>> working together*. And I want an established tech help list for 
>> afterwards
>> set up so Les and doesn't have to keep on dealing with everything, 
>> and so
>> the contacts will stop coming through mad lab. The weekend should 
>> also allow
>> those who came to the first one to build on that day.
>>
>> *the date*: after freshers week and after the big event that people keep
>> saying is in September.
>>
>> *Urgent response to:
>>
>> *I need *a date, and a preliminary consent from MFS, GIRL GEEK and 
>> anyone
>> else who wants to join in.* I will re-jig the website tonight so that
>> tomorow I can hand out the flyers and drum up some initial interest 
>> and get
>> some names on a mailing list..
>>
>>
>> sorry for last min.  been busy!!
>>
>> A
>> x
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