AKLUG Archive: [Fwd: RE: ITExpo]

From: Damien Hull <dhull@digitaloverload.net>
Date: Thu Oct 07 2004 - 10:43:29 AKDT

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 09:57:03 -0800
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From: "Stephen King" <sking@chartercollege.edu>
To: "Damien Hull" <dhull@digitaloverload.net>, <deem@wdm.com>, <barjunk@attglobal.net>
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Well...I can't seem to post to the list any more; not sure where the problem is, but in the meantime I'll just reply to you folks and ask that if you feel it should be forwarded to the list, please feel free.

I've been somewhat involved in the ITExpo planning from the beginning this year...work schedule kicked me out of the inner circle. Regardless, I can certainly talk to the money issue. Technically, the ITExpo is merely an event, not a business. Sourdough Productions is the group with the experience and horsepower to put an event of that magnitude together using the Egan Center facilities and the vendor space; yes, they're a for-profit group. And yes, they're taking money from the vendors as well as a bite out of the presentation fees to pay for their efforts of hosting the event. Personally, I don't think they're taking anything exorbitant.

Sourdough Productions has asked AITP to be their technical spearhead for getting all the classes together. AITP is a non-profit group; the money they raise from this will go into the community (and to meet club expenses in putting it on, of course).

The AITP then...well, if it were an official money game the word would be sub-contracted, but there's no money changing hands in this...asked NUGA to present the track that they're doing. That does include the two install fests. NUGA is also a non-profit; as that group's Community Service Coordinator I'll tell you first-hand that quite a bit of the money raised from that will also go back into the community in the form of service projects. The thought was to raise a little money by collecting a fairly nominal fee for the classes. The two installfests were priced a little higher because folks are getting something of significantly greater value...professional training on some high-class O/S's plus a copy of the O/S. In the Microsoft case, it's a local MCT with a significant amount of experience leading the thrust. In the SuSE case, Novell is flying in a professional trainer.

Overall, I'm pretty excited to see it come together. I think that what you're gonna see downstairs in the Egan is going to blow all the previous ITExpo's out of the water. Both NUGA and AITP have put together some great training tracks with professional, experienced trainers.

Stephen King

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        From: Damien Hull [mailto:dhull@digitaloverload.net]
        Sent: Thu 10/7/2004 9:17 AM
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        Subject: Re: ITExpo

On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 00:23, Greg Madden wrote:
> On Wednesday 06 October 2004 09:55 pm, Barsalou wrote:
> > I'm surprised... and a little disappointed. I just went to the
> > ITExpo website and was going to register for one of the "Loadfest's".
> > I was under the initial impression that it was going to be free,
> > however, when I went to the site, I found that they are going to
> > charge approx. $125 for Suse and $200 for MS Enterprise server. I
> > guess it is still cheaper than buying it at the store.
> >
> > Additionally, they are charging for a good majority of the other
> > "classes" too. I wonder what caused them to do that?
> >
> > What does everyone else think about that?
> >
> > Mike B.
>
> The IT Expo & Sourdough Productions are business's. I can see charging
> whatever it takes to pay all the bills. NUGA has 2 or 3 rooms
> downstairs, and will be doing the 'loadfests'. I don't know if NUGA is
> getting the rooms for free but they are quite involved with the Expo,
> free booth upstairs. Nice to see a Linux distro being presented.

        OK, the URL is http://www.sourdough.net/events/itbe/
        $125.00 for professional instruction on a commercial version of SuSE
        Enterprise is inexpensive. It's a very nice platform and does groupware
        just fine.

        @Mail has a new version that does also. (http://www.atmail.com and then
        see http://freshmeat.net/projects/atmailgroupware/ also.)

        I use VisualOffice which will be out soon with a version that does this
        also.

        My 2cents worth.

        /Dee

        It is nice to see that Linux is being presented. However, based on my
        previous experience I think the IT expo is offering to little for way to
        much money.

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