LUGOD at the Whole Earth Festival

What Is It?

The Whole Earth Festival (WEF) is "an annual student run event that brings over 30,000 people together to discover and celebrate sustainable and conscious living on Planet Earth." It is held in the 'quad' at UC Davis.

LUGOD has exhibited at the previous festivals: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008.

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Dates for the 2009 Whole Earth Festival

The 2009 Whole Earth Festival will take place on:

• Friday, May 8th
• Saturday, May 9th
• Sunday, May 10th (Mother's Day)

Volunteer Coordination for LUGOD's booth at the 2008 WEF

If you'd like to help volunteer for this event, or if you'd like to help coordinate this event, please post a note to LUGOD's outreach mailing list, vox-outreach.

LUGOD's Purpose at Whole Earth Festival:

• To talk to people about Linux and Open Source, and get the word out about LUGOD and the other local LUGs
• To hand out pamphlets containing information about LUGOD, Linux and Open Source (for example, these handouts)
• To hand out CDs containing useful software:
  • Linux Distros and Live CDs
    Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Knoppix.
  • Open Source collections for Windows
    The Open Source Software CD and TheOpenCD.

Volunteers:

As of 2009-05-08...

• Nick Schmalenberger
  Turning in application. Staffing the booth (what days?).
• Alex Mandel
  Bringing table and chais. Staffing the booth(?) (what days?).
• Gandalf Parker
  He and son have the flu, he cannot make it.
• Bill Kendrick
  Maintaining project coordination web page. Son is sick, he cannot make it.