Subject: Saturday 4 March 2000 Big Install Fest From 11:00 am to 4:00 pm on Saturday 4 March 2000 the Free OS Beginners Group, also known as the GNU/X/other/BSD/Linux Beginners SIG, in cooperation with NYLUG and CALC/Canterbury and Linuxcare University, and with the help of many regular troops and irregulars of the Cause, will throw a big Install Fest in Midtown Manhattan. This Install Fest is free and open to the public. Lyn Ohira of the Beginners SIG and Denis Ford of CALC/Canterbury are lead contacts for this event. For updates and useful technical and other information see http://www.eskimo.com/~lo/linux If you intend to come to this Install Fest a short email to Denis Ford will help, but come even if you do not get a chance to email.
Denis Ford and Al Ballerini from Calc Canterbury are really great guys who will make this installfest one to remember. It is an all day affair, so no technical problem will go unresolved. While you're there, check out the Linux training classes: www.calc.com - Jim
Below is the official announcement. Jay Sulzberger Corresponding Secretary LXNY LXNY is New York's Free Computing Organization. http://www.lxny.org
From: dford@calc.com Subject: NYC Installfest Saturday, March 4, 2000 The Free OS Beginners Group, in coordination with NYLUG, is hosting an Install Fest on Saturday, March 4th, 2000 at CALC/Canterbury. All are invited, and through the generosity of CALC and Linuxcare University this event is free of charge. An RSVP to dford@calc.com would be appreciated to help us plan for space allocation. Install Fest Particulars Day: Saturday 4 March 2000 Hours: 11:00 AM until 4:00 PM-ish Host: CALC/Canterbury Place: 780 Third Avenue between 48th and 49th Street Floor C-1 The nearest parking garage is on 47th Street between Third and Lexington Avenue. The nearest subway station is the big E, F, and 6 station at 51st to 53rd Streets on Lexington Avenue. We have monitors, keyboards and mice (PS-2 connectors only), desks, LAN internet connection, etc. We'll also have a number of classroom PC's available in case people want to fool around with a clean installation. People can do lunch on their own or we can all chip in and have pizzas delivered. CALC will provide soda. Any change in plans will be posted to the Beginners Group's website at http://www.eskimo.com/~lo/linux and distributed through nylug-announce. If you have any questions please contact Denis Ford at dford@calc.com .