[sclug] Linux Day suggestion

[Simon Heywood]

Prompted by a couple of e-mails, I've been having a think about
organizing a Linux event. It's about two years since the national
install day(s) and Linux is now much more prominent in the media, so
we'd probably get better coverage.

Mat Grove (who organized the install day in 2002) told me that there was
a discussion about this on the UK Lugmasters list[1] a few weeks ago.
The conclusion was that an install day wouldn't be good publicity for
Linux, and that a Linux awareness day would be better. Anyway, he's busy
with his PhD at the moment, so I'm trying to come up with ideas.

I think it'd be good to have something not too dissimilar from the
install day, i.e. lots of local events in places with an Internet feed,
except with the emphasis on showing off Linux capabilities and
discussing recent things like Wi-Fi and Freevo. And if anyone wants
technical help then there's a room full of experts handy.

I suppose the first step would be to solicit opinions on the idea
(hello!) and set up a site.

As for dates, I had May or early June in mind (while universities are
still fully populated), but that depends on several factors. It'd
probably be worth having a secondary date like last time, given the
difficulty of getting things to happen all on one day.

So, what do you think? And would you be willing to help out at the local
event?

S.

[1] See 'http://www.lug.org.uk/' for info. about this list. I was going
to discuss this issue on said list but it seems they've changed the
subscription policy since last time I was on it and I'm currently
awaiting admin approval. :-/
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