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On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 17/06/10 13:39, Roland Tarver wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Paul Sutton<zleap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Is anyone up for doing something for software freedom day in 2010, date >>> below >>> >>> Saturday 18th September >> >> yes. >> >>> >>> I am asking now as so that people can book that date ahead and try and >>> make sure it is kept free. >> >> I think that will be at the end of the induction week for the 3rd (and >> final) uni year. So I should be able to come since there will not be >> much work on at that point :-) (plus its a Saturday) >> > > I thought students spent their first couple of weeks drinking beer and not > doing much else? :-) haha! I must have picked the wrong course :-s lol > >>> Venue, I was thinking the lighthouse in Paignton, as I can't think of >>> anywhere else. >>> >>> Would anyone be willing to sponsor such an event or help contact people >>> who may wish to sponsor it. I will check to see if people (sponsors) >>> can set up tables and sell stuff. >>> >>> We may also need >>> >>> demos >>> talks >>> >>> etc >> >> I can contribute somehow. :-) >> >> Perhaps a talk/demo (of something very simple - lol). Something that >> would appeal to a wide audience..."Experiences Of A New User", >> "Getting Started"? "WHY? open source" (that's an important question to >> answer IMHO) hmmm<thinking...> >> > > I think that's a good idea, real world experiences from someone new to > Linux. cool. That'll be me :-) >> In terms of contacting potential sponsors - do you have any particular >> groups in mind? Or just any one we can get interested? > > First of all I was thinking maybe Open Source companies, but there's no > reason we can't approach some known Open Source friendly companies (I'd say > Refresh Cartridges as the guy who owns it writes a computing article for the > Herald Express and he's promoted Open Source software before). Maybe we > could try to sign them up as an official event partner. > >> What stuff is sold at such an event? >> > > We've not sold anything in the past, usually given out CDs and leaflets. We > did try selling copies of the Open Disc a few years back at an event in > Exeter but we didn't sell many. The last event we did in Preston went quite > well because we gave CDs away. > > Rob > Roly :-) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html