QuoteThat's great and all, I know I'll be there.
But one thing lingers in my mind... Why did they decide to come here?
--Beanie
Well, because we asked them to! We are on the route and happen to have some linux users. True, we are not a *nix university, but we sure do have some people that will make this event fun and successful :)
I can't wait!!!
Peter
I am all ecstatic about them coming here. I told my CMIS teacher about it today, so she can tell the CMIS teacher that teaches Linux, and hopefully have the students come to the event.
Jon
You are taking a CMIS course? wierd....
Anyway, I have already contacted Jim Musselman about this. He teaches CMIS464 and they use RedHat in there. Hopefully he will bring the whole class over for a fieldtrip!!!
Peter
I am going to try to get my boss to let the office staff come.
Victor
The more the better! I am really wanting to pack the auditorium (it seats about 100 people). I was hoping to do alot of advertising for this but that has already become a problem. My request to put the info for the event on the lighted marquee signs was denied. They refused on the basis that the event promotes a commercial entity.... Anyway, I will soon be papering the campus with flyers... I am still confident that we can pull enough people. Anyone else have any ideas for advertising?
Peter
I'll be there!
Hmm... not on the marquee? Not cool.
I imagine that it may make front-page SIUE website news if it's successful, but that will be after the fact.
If we had the money, I'd say we could get something going in the Alestle, but, alas, that can be pricey. (Though I'm not sure how pricey, the Advertising section at www.thealstle.com doesn't work.)
Talk to Datajacks and Radio Shack, see if they may help us bring in a few people.
Notify a few local television networks, they may be nice enough to plug it.
I believe advertising on UHTV-96 is free, and I think the forms are in the lobbies of the residence buildings. (Even though nobody ever watches the marquee that scrolls up between movies, maybe some random channel surfer will find it.)
Be sure to pepper the campus pretty well, and hit all the residence halls, the EB, and the SL in particular.
And as a last resort, see if any of the CS teachers are willing to offer extra credit to people that go. (The only problem with this is we'll have a bunch of CS140 students who can't tell a bash prompt from a DOS prompt, let alone have never _seen_ a C:\> prompt.)
And hopefully, we'll have a good turnout.
--Beanie
To quote a CS Teacher that teaches C++, "What do you mean by 'Consol Application'?" Do you get that?
When you start a new program in VS6, don't you click on "Consol Application" in the "new" window, or is it, "a new thingy" that it says?
Jon
Actually, I was taught to create a new source file. The console just came after compiling and building. I can understand how some students may not know what to call the console window.
http://www.stllinux.org/
Try to get it posted on SIUE Events website (http://events.siue.edu)
Email: siuevents@siue.edu
And talk to the SIUE Student Affairs office 650-2020
Ryan, you may not know what I meant. I meant that a Teacher said that, not a student. Well, that's off topic.
Are the Engineering ppl going to have that "Cheap Lunch" in the Atrium on Nov 6 like they have been for the past weeks? If not, they might want to setup for it, or we could setup some kind of lunch there. That way the visiting Redhat ppl won't need to eat the bad food in the MUC.
Jon
Yes, I have talked to Don of IEEE about this. He suggested that we may need to provide some voluneers to keep it going that late in the afternoon. So, if you wound not mind helping staff the cheap lunch table, let me know. I guess we could do it in 30min shifts so nobody has to miss too much fun?
Peter
I made up a preliminary flyer... Please check it out and give me some feedback.
http://caos.siue.edu/luucs/redhatroadtour.jpg (http://caos.siue.edu/luucs/redhatroadtour.jpg)
Peter
You don't mention anything about them arriving at 10AM and hanging around the atrium. Other than that, it's not bad.
Jon
First, let me know if you need any CAOS advisor type help in organizing.
Second, the flyer looks good. When you say panel discussion with faculty do you mean the faculty will be on the panel? If so which faculty members have agreed to do it?
Third, please be sure to pass the word to OIT, and a message to Dr. Stephen. If you need his email address let me know.
Finally, I would be willing to give extra credit to 321'ers and my 490 class, but I would need you to come up with a couple people who will be there to take names of student's who show-up.
I'm gonna be there from 10AM to untill they leave, so can you give me extra credit. I know I already took your 321 class, but any extra credit now to help my grade would be just groovy. ;-)
Jon
I didnt mention anything about the early activities because we will be pretty busy then. We are going to visit classrooms and stuff and I would rather not have lots of people tagging along. I understand a few people will be there, but I would rather not open that up to Joe Public.
Peter
I plan on this being a townhall style panel discussion. We will field questions to the panelists and then open the floor to comments from the audience. So far I have commitments from Dr. Bhatia and Dr. Noble. I have emailed Dr. Stephen to see if he will attend and I am waiting for his reply. If anyone can suggest any other faculty who are Operating Systems gurus, please do.
Dr Weinberg, if you could persuade Dr. Stephen into coming that would be great! :D
Peter
I like it. Nice graphics too.
Victor
I can help post flyers throughout campus. We should also post them away from the EB.
Victor
I can take names of CS 321 students that come through the doors. I plan to attend the entire conference, from 1 - 4 PM.
So, if you need a name-taker, I could be your man, considering I'm in CS 321 it might make it easier for me to spot incoming people.
Hmm... I wonder if this thread is heading for a record of most views and replies...
But now I'm getting off-topic.
--Beanie
Back on the old forum, there was a topic that went past 40 posts.
Jon
Hello everyone! I just wanted to make formal request to get everyone talking about this event. I have posted flyers, emailed faculty... What we need now is to get everyone talking about it. Tell the person next to you in class, mention it to everyone you come in contact with over the next few days.... "Hey, did you hear the RedHats are coming!" We need to get the word out and fill the 100+ seats in the auditorium! Good ol' sensationalism never hurt anyone ;)
Thanks,
Peter
If you have not checked this out yet, give it a read. The traveling RedHat'rs are keeping a journal of the tour from start to finish. They have not really left yet, but have some pretty amusing posts already. Actually, the crew hits the road tomorrow, Oct 31st! Only a few more days until the goons arrive!
http://www.redhat.com/roadtour/journal/ (http://www.redhat.com/roadtour/journal/)
Peter
I've just started visiting the caos page on a regular basis and I spotted the info on the redhat tour. I'll definitely be there. I'm also told some of my linux/geek friends in the area to come also. me included it could be 6 or more people :)
Here it is, in all of its glory!
(http://www.redhat.com/img/rv_full.jpg)
I can't wait to see it pull up to the EB :D
Peter
We need to get overhead announcements in the faculty mailboxes by Monday am. We should put them in both the CS and ECE boxes.
Do you think it would be ok to send a jpeg version (http://caos.cs.siue.edu/luucs/redhatroadtour.jpg) of the flyer to display with the computer projector? I hate to have profs lug out the dinosaur overhead machine just to display our flyer. What do you think? Would they be more/less inclined to ablige with this format?
Peter
Well, I spoke to lots of people over the past few weeks. Several people are interested in coming. Some thought that maybe they couldn't show up, but I assured them that they are welcome to come to any part of it (because they have classes). I think this made them feel comfortable, and I think we'll have a good turnout.
Oh, and hey, email me a copy of that flyer you are using. I'll get it posted in the dorms since we haven't done that yet.
You still wanna help me raid Prairie? WOOT WOOT!!!
For most of the instructors in CS that would work ok. The last time I looked though Dr. Wu doesn't use the computer projector.
I don't know about the ECE faculty.
The one thing about having the overheads is that it gives them a physical reminder to make the announcement.
Can we make the transparencies in the CS department, or is thing something we have done at the student organizatoin office?
Peter
We can make some B&W overheads in the CS Department.
Erin & Elizabeth both have codes for the copier, and there should be overheads in the HCI Lab (or maybe Elizabeth has some).
Incase you have not been reading it, the tour journal is really amusing. In addition, it will give you a good idea of what the event will be like. The tour seems to be a success so far... I hope we have a great turnout to keep the momentum going!!
http://www.redhat.com/roadtour/journal/ (http://www.redhat.com/roadtour/journal/)
Peter
The Redhat guys have FINALLY updated thier journal with comments on thier stop at SIUE. Check it out yo....
http://www.redhat.com/roadtour/journal/archives/110602.html (http://www.redhat.com/roadtour/journal/archives/110602.html)
Peter