[Leaplist] Hamcation CD's and DVD's

[Phil Barnett]

John Simpson wrote:
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> On 2009-01-09, at 1416, Phil Barnett wrote:
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>> Once you take the CD out of the wrapper, how do you identify it.
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>> We need to look professional. If we are going to do paper envelopes, 
>> we need
>> printed CD/DVD labels.
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>> This is not about doing it on the cheap. It's about looking good.
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> agreed.
>
> i remember one year we had blanks which already had a plain white 
> surface on them, and an inkjet printer with an insert to actually 
> print the artwork on the CDs... but it sounds like those aren't the 
> blanks you bought.
>
I think these are just silver. And it was Aaron who had that printer and 
the ink is horrendously expensive.

> which means if we're going to use paper envelopes, we need somebody to:
>
> - - buy enough sheets of CD labels to make 300 CDs, or a few more in 
> case of problems (i'm pretty sure the board has already approved money 
> for this, if not i think it's fair to say we will reimburse whoever 
> buys 'em, just make sure you don't go crazy with it... also don't buy 
> anything until the board picks somebody to actually DO the buying.)
I can get the labels. I can probably even print them in color. (don't ask)

> - - somebody to design the artwork for the CDs.
>
An artist, I am not. But I might talk Diana into it.
> - - somebody to physically print the labels, about 105 of each.
>
Ooh, ooh, pick me, pick me...
> at the same time, we also need to figure out who's going to burn what. 
> if the answer is anything other than "phil burns everything", then 
> whoever's going to burn CDs needs to make arrangements with phil to 
> pick up the blanks he's already purchased, or to get their own blanks 
> and trade them for phil's blanks at the next installfest (which is the 
> weekend before the hamcation.)
I can burn some, but no way can I burn all.
> i have two CD burners sitting on the desk next to me, and i have an 
> un-opened stack of 100 CD-Rs, so unless somebody else claims it first, 
> i'll make 100 linux minut CDs. we need volunteers to burn the others.
>
I believe Mint 6.0 is current. The site is down right now or I'd check 
to see if there is a Live CD version.
> somebody also needs to positively identify which "ham puppy linux" 
> we'll have at the show, and the URL where we can download the ISO, so 
> those people know where to get the ISO. i plan to download it and burn 
> one for myself, and i'd like to actually have it installed on my 
> machine "off to the side" where i'll have my radio hooked up to the 
> computer and an antenna, and showing off how the digital software works.
>
I'm working with the Author of fldigi right now to get the absolutely 
latest version. It's not ready yet. But it's small, so it will burn 
quickly. I will let you know when I know.
> at the next installfest, anybody who has a CD label "stamper" should 
> bring it with them. that's when we'll take the burned CDs and the 
> printed labels, introduce the two to each other, and feed them into 
> paper sleeves.
>
I have labels from a previous Hamcation and I believe there's a stomper 
in there. I think it's one box of 100.
> and during the week after that, anybody who plans on working the table 
> (i'll be there again) can take one of the "ham linux" CDs and spend 
> some time playing with it at home, so they'll be familiar with it at 
> the table.
>
yeah, I'll be doing that with the one he gives me before I accept it. I 
also have two other slightly older iso's of previous versions. There are 
some real good advances in the latest one, so I want to use it.
> one other point- has somebody spoken to the hamcation organizers about 
> the logistics of putting an antenna up, either on the roof, or at 
> least somewhere high enough to be useful? does somebody have an 
> antenna we can use (i have a 5BTV in my parents' shed, but it hasn't 
> been used in several years and i don't know if it's still in good 
> shape or not) or do we plan to borrow parts from the guy at the next 
> table and put it together on the spot? if so, do we have a way to 
> contact him and make sure he's cool with loaning us the parts again 
> this year?
I borrowed the two 20 meter sticks and the bracket from James Mosley, 
KI4JGH. A 5btv would be great. Bring it to my house and we'll make sure 
it's alive before we use it.


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