[ale] Re: More for the ALS record

[Robert L. Harris]

An install fest along with different Demos running on tables.  Things
like the knoppix ported security tool: http://www.localareasecurity.com/
and other "recovery/diagnostics" tools along with different distro's,
desktops, etc.



Thus spake Mark Angeli (webmaster at tinyminds.org):

> I understand the problem of size becoming too much, and I can also see why
> the ALS had to incorporate. I did note that originally, it was the Atlanta
> Linux Expo and it was held one saturday at Ga Tech.
> 
> why couldn't we start out with something like this again? Most of the
> speakers at the 1997 expo were (as noted on the site) members of the ALE. It
> shouldn't be too hard to coordinate something like this... perhaps make it
> an InstallFest on Steroids.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of
> tfreeman at intel.digichem.net
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 11:19 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: [ale] Re: More for the ALS record
> 
> 
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, Marc Torres wrote:
> 
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 05:01:22PM -0400, tfreeman at intel.digichem.net
> wrote:
> > > IIRC, ALS grew to a size where the volunteers couldn't handle the job
> and
> > > pay their bills, much less have a life.
> >
> > This is more or less true.  Some things scale as they are reproduced
> > year to year and become easier- but others do not.  Backoffice work
> > like contracts, receipts and accounts receivable just get bigger.
> >
> > On the flip side of the scale question, it was also 5 years of effort
> > and many just needed to move on to other things in their lives.
> >
> > > Hence selling out to a larger organization with professional staff.
> > > Didn't work.
> >
> > Ok... Flat out... ENOUGH of the Weekly World News version of ALS info.
> > I will not stand for the slander of hardworking people.
> 
> Marc - my deepest appologies. I meant no disrespect/slander of hardworking
> volunteers, nor disrespect of the decision itself, nor disrespect to the
> staff of USENIX. I was attempting to be very brief in summary, and managed
> to screw it up instead.
> 
> My intention was (and hopefully it comes out better this time) to indicate
> that the transition from volunteer to full-time staff was both rational,
> and regretably less than successful. Admittedly I did not know enough of
> the details to fill in elements of the transition.
> 
> Again, I appologise for giving offense when I know the level of dedication
> involved in putting on such a convention.
> 
> <<snip well stated history>>
> 
> >
> > > It is possible to put on a major show with almost exclusively volunteer
> > > labor, check out PitCon next time it comes to Atlanta for an example.
> >
> > Yup it is, we did it in 1997-1999 :-)
> 
> And did a wonderful job that I was foolish enough to not be able to
> attend.
> 
> <<snip>>
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