Fw: RE: ITExpo]

Stephen King said:

> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Damien Hull [mailto:dhull@digitaloverload.net]
> Sent: Thu 10/7/2004 9:17 AM
> To: aklug@lib.uaa.alaska.edu
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: ITExpo
>
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> 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
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> 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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