[clue] Suggesting a New Approach

[M Paul Webb]

Jason, OK -- there are probably a lot of ideas people have to form a new type of outreach. I think if people put their heads together, the group could expand their approach and reach a lot more people in the community and accomplish a lot more installations -- and that would be great. I have often told others about the installfests, and they seem so interested, but they do not end up going. We have to make it as convenient and flexible as possible. I think Linux should be growing much faster than it actually is... and that is probably due to not having more types of outreach. Perhaps, a meeting could be arranged for people just to discuss how to develop a new outreach system.

<<<A parallel thought:  what about a virtual installfest?  New users
could sign up for 30 minute slots throughout the day of the
installfest and would join a telephone conference with experts
standing by.  In the weeks before the appointed time the new user
would be asked to gather information about the upcoming installation:
what kind of hardware, intended use for the system, etc.  The
information could be gathered on a form and distributed to the experts
before the installfest.  If the new user does not have a preferred
distribution the experts could recommend one.  If the experts need not
attend in person, and need not be available the entire day, perhaps
they could be scheduled more frequently than the current schedule.>>>



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