[Cialug] software freedom day

[Barry Von Ahsen]

David Champion wrote:
> Barry Von Ahsen wrote:
>> Matthew Nuzum wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 9:58 AM, David Champion 
>>> <dchampion at visionary.com> wrote:
>>>> Might be nice to use the new Downtown Des Moines Library (or as my 
>>>> nephew
>>>> calls it, the "shiny library").
>>>
>>> The benefit of this space (or one like it) is that for example -
>>>
>>> Imagine a husband/father who is a technical enthusiast. Saturday is
>>> family day but they're really interested in coming. If its at the
>>> library he can bring the kids and/or wife with him and they won't be
>>> standing around twiddling thumbs wondering when it'll be done.
>>>
>>> As an option, I wonder if there would be an opportunity to partner
>>> with a business who could benefit from the attention. For example,
>>> borders books probably makes a respectable amount of money from OSS
>>> enthusiasts and maybe they'd be willing to cover incidental
>>> promotional costs that featured their logo and address (assuming we
>>> had the event at their location). Doing something like this could
>>> extend the reach to beyond 20 people and could be a win-win situation.
>>> Or maybe B&N in Jordan creek would have the opportunity to procure
>>> floor space in the mall for such an event.
>>>
>>> Also, what other local user groups are there who would be willing to
>>> coordinate efforts?
>>>
>>
>> I think the only issue I saw with downtown was it was non-free for 
>> non-non-profits, and potential gear-hauling, but if we're going to 
>> focus more on information/education, that's less of an option
>>
>> we've got plenty of cash, we could certainly pay for it though
>>
>> -barry
> Gear-hauling shouldn't be too bad if we use laptops, and a couple of 
> small network switches etc, and maybe one projector. The library may 
> even have one we could use.
> 

us sure, but I was thinking of the guy who inevitably brings the 386 
(not-so)mini-tower or 20" crt :)

-barry