[Moodle] Moodle Install Fest

Tue Dec 18 21:34:24 EST 2007

I'd be another happy volunteer to at least help out with any activities.
1 or 2 days is fine, although if one of them is a Saturday, even better.
Prior to school semester starting would be great.

Dan

On Dec 18, 2007 12:47 PM, Kent Beveridge <kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> Any time in January...I will be there..can bring my old box with me!
> I am happy to kick in for lunch(or we could order pizza!). Heck why dont
> we make it a 2 day thing and get serious about it, I will happily give up 2
> days of my break to learn some of this cool new stuff from you guys! Dont
> care about the venue as long as it is somewhere handy to
> melbourne..Cranbourne is fine, the free(toll)way is there just for that!
> North South, East, West of Melbourne..dont care just do it!
> Suggest about mid Jan for a time, gives us a bit of a break then and a
> chance to absorb some new ideas....
> Will watch this space for dates and times!
>
> Basically, I'm in!
> If there is a cost, can we keep it cheap please? Perhaps if there must be,
> how about we all chip in 50 bucks towards the general costs..I'd be happy to
> do that as an idea. Will cost me that in fuel to get there anyway!
>
> Also, if we do some installs of various programs, can we organise to bring
> enough copies(assuming legal here) for all of us of the programs to be
> installed or, have the software easily downloadable from some
> website..perhaps the VITTA one, or Mark K's site, or Kevorks etc
>
> Just some ideas...wanting to try some new stuff in 08.
>
> Kent.
>
> Kent Beveridge,
> I.T. co-ordinator
> St. Brigids Catholic Sec. College
> Horsham
> email.. kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au
>
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> From: moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Donna Benjamin
> Sent: Tue 12/18/2007 10:08 AM
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> Cc: peter at cc.com.au; Minh Nguyen; Daniel Jitnah; Scott Rippon; Nic Baxter
> Subject: [Moodle] Moodle Install Fest
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>
>
> Ok, Wow! - Let's do it!
> We have 3 offers for venue,
> and a range of ideas for 'when?'
>
> I am organising http://linux.conf.au <http://linux.conf.au/>  at unimelb
> which takes place Jan28
> - Feb2. My time is somewhat limited by that so a mid to late February
> Date would suit me better. However I'm happy to facilitate this
> happening in January, I just won't be able to commit to being there
> myself.
>
> Some people indicated they would like to have a machine ready to go
> before term starts, so Jan would be better for them.
>
> So... Here's 4 options for dates:
>
> January
>  Friday 18th
>  Saturday 19th
>
> February
>  Saturday 9
>  Saturday 16
>
> ** Suggested Program **
>   10am-1pm: Build systems / install LAMP & moodle
>   1-2pm: LUNCH (BYO or Pay4Catering?)
>   2-5pm: Configure moodle / set up courses & share knowledge
>
> ** Venues **
>   Stephen Bloomer - St. Peter's College, Cranbourne
>   "If you want an installfest on a weekday, I can clear a classroom
> during the second half of January"
>
>   Roland Gesthuizen - Westall Secondary College, Clayton
>   Saturday in February
>   "if we run it on a Saturday, we could invite school techs."
>   "Saturday, early February, could also rustle up a BBQ for lunch"
>   "I have a dozen of the ye olde Acer 5100 "digital divide" computers
> that we can trash and rebuild"
>
>   Roslyn Meadows
>   "need to have moodle running seamlessly by the first day next year"
>   "If venue is a problem I will even offer my house!!"
>
> ** edulist participants **
>   Kent Beveridge
>   Adam Barbary
>   Phil Brown
>   Andrew Weir
>   Alan Oh
>   Max Wohlgehagen (Tech)
>   Kevork ?
>
> ** luv participants **
>   Minh Nguyen
>   Daniel Jitnah
>   Nic Baxter
>
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