[Infopoint] Unofficial InfoPoint

[Jono Bacon]

Tony Whitmore wrote:

> Evening,
>
> We've been approached by Jamie's Computer Club[1] to run an InfoPoint 
> at one of their sales. The "club" is a project run by the Society of 
> St. James, a charity for homeless people, which holds regular sales of 
> second-hand and recycled computer equipment. One of the members of our 
> LUG is involved with them on a volunteer basis, and many LUG members 
> turn up to their sales to pick up everything from MIPS boxes to PIII 
> server units. In atmosphere, it is very much like a computer fair, 
> except with slightly older kit. The sales are also frequented by a lot 
> of the local student population.
>
> As we're still waiting confirmation of a table for the computer fair 
> on 29th of this month (and this looks unlikely, from what I 
> understand), this opportunity has proven a good target for us to work 
> towards. What we are doing is documented here:
>
> http://www.hantslug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?InfoPoints/5thDecember2004
>
> Those members that have volunteered are looking forward to it, and I 
> hope if this one is successful we'll be able to encourage more people 
> from the LUG (or other related FLOSS bodies) to contribute.

This all sounds great Tony, and I think it certainly comes under the 
remit of the Infopoint project. Feel free to add details about the event 
to the Infopoint wiki.

Let us know how you get on!!

    Jono