This is just some notes I've made about the organisation and implementation of the recent WLUG InstallFest. It might be made into an InstallFest HOWTO at some point, or merged with an existing one, which I'm sure exists, but I'd like to write these points down somewhere lest I forget them.
We could have done with chasing up more sponsors. DSE stepped up and offered us some Mandrake CDs, as did Andreas from Yoper, although we didn't end up taking him up on his offer. Next time, we probably should - people can try it out. Other forms of sponsorship can include:
You will need a phone line into the venue. This was about the only major problem with our last 'fest - so many people had modems to configure, and we couldn't test them.
Registration
Our fest went pretty smoothly, aside from not having gotten everything set up the night before. A few things I'd like to see in the future:
Organise different areas of the venue for different foci.
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