We trained both Saturday and Sunday in Room 209. After SCALE's long-time training partner had to beg off due to a reorg, we reached out for other training resources and Linux Foundation stepped up to the plate and provide a trainer for both days.
We had two volunteer proctors scheduled for each morning during the Installfest, and one in the afternoon during the training session. The Installfest was the usual minor zoo, due to the assortment of machines brought. Props to Clint Savage, who's been our faithful Level 2 installation support for several years now - he resolved ALL of the installation issues (including the ancient 32-bit notebook).
Results:
We had 32 seats in room 209. Saturday we filled all 32 seats, plus had 2-3 people sit in auditing the afternoon training session without machines. Sunday was much lighter - we had 15 students.
The good -
The trainer was a significant step up from our previous resource. He went into deeper detail, and the students had formal labs to walk through. Hopefully we can continue our relationship with the Linux Foundation for a training resource going forward.
Installed Linux and trained 47 students and sent them away with enough knowledge to be dangerous :-)
The bad -
While we can fit enough tables in 209 to train 32 people, the tables are so close together that the necessary power and network wires make for a very serious tripping (and liability hazard). It would be nice to find a bit larger room next year so we can space the tables farther apart.
The installfest was a bit more of a fire drill than we'd like. Clint has some ideas for making it go more smoothly next year.
All in all, a success. Thanks to the proctors (Arleena Faith, Nor Tahmazian, Thomas Nguyen and especially Clint Savage), for assisting and props to LF and their trainer John Bonesio for assisting us in our time of need!
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