This contains planning hints for Debian-NYC's Novice Nights.
Preparation
Stuff to bring
- Ethernet cables (tends to be lacking)
- Miniswitches
- Power strips
- Mirror
- i368, amd64, and powerpc are common arches
- CD images: 1st CDs, netinst CDs, boot.img.gz for netboot,
- debian live images
- Reference card with debian-nyc contact info
- Link to debian-nyc wiki page
- debian-nyc IRC and mailing list info and how to subscribe
- link to help sites: mailing lists, ask.debian.net, forums.debian.net, ...
Lessons learned
- Try to have one person greeting people coming in, and helping to connect mentors and mentees. They should also sort of be aware of who is doing what, since people are often working on the same problem without knowing it. They should also be able to escalate problems up to to the best experts for it.
- Don't stress out too much about making sure people talk to the "right people", things will sort themselves out.
- Remind people to change the sources.list back to a public mirror after you leave.