[EdLUG] An idea for August in lieu of regular meetup

[Tai Kedzierski]

Actually I saw that link but never remembered to set time to check it
cheers for reminding :-)

Also FWIW when I say "a short skit" I do mean something like 2min long, to
perform ad-hoc "guerilla theatre"-like :-p

// Sent from a mobile device. Brevity and typos may transpire

On Tue, 21 May 2019, 10:05 Thomas Kluyver, <thomas at kluyver.me.uk> wrote:

> Did you see the 'Journey to Thelio' story (https://thel.io/#/ ) that was
> produced by System 76? It was done as a promo for an open source desktop
> they were releasing, but it's similar in making a dramatic story around the
> benefits of open source.
>
> On Mon, May 20, 2019, at 5:35 PM, Tai Kedzierski wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> Summer is upon us, and locals know what that means: the Festival is around
> the corner! `(*cheers*|*groans*)`
>
> As per EdLUG tradition, August would normally be a BBQ event some week-end
> instead of the regular meetup. Most places are fully crammed due to the
> Festival, and we would probably only find a pub way out that would allow us
> to meet for free.
>
>
> But here's a mad idea for a different activity...
>
>
> If anybody is of a thespian persuasion, writing and performing a short
> play/skit around GNU/Linux and FOSS could be fun. Perhaps something about
> Linux magically giving old computers a new lease of life ; or the woes of
> software as a service. Very niche, but isn't that part of the group's very
> foundations?
>
> We could then do it in the streets amongst unsuspecting
> user^[^[^[tourists, and garner some interest in a novel fashion... Business
> cards to the website, to a page pointing at various websites for more
> information to be given out at the end of the skit - instead of putting
> money in a hat, encourage people to take business cards out of it.
>
>
>
> Hit me up if you'd want to put a writing & performance team together! Any
> level of ability is welcome -- for my part, I used to be in school and uni
> acting groups on-and-off, and have dabbled in writing, at a very amateur
> level ; I'm sure I can also work a contact or two to try and get a
> writing/thesp workshop some week-end afternoon.
>
> I know this is quite late in the year to be suggesting this ; but whilst
> there is some idea of advocacy to it, my main goal is to have some
> theatrical fun ;-)
>
>
> Tai
>
>
> PS - this was going to be in the main email, but I thought better than to
> burden that thing with too much guff...!
>
> ===
> Tai Kedzierski
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