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On 17/06/10 18:55, Rob Beard 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? :-) > >>> 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. > >> 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? >> I have just e-mailed aly to ask if this is possible, i remember at the first lug meet there were 3 rooms one was for talks, another for installs and the 3rd was for coffee, etc, however there was a table set p with someone selling stuff as he owned a shop, I think it was more of a sponsor thing. I need to check and make sure that is possible first as in somneone can have a table and sell stuff. As the lighthouse is a young persons venue i would like to see if some of the young people can take a lead in some of the areas, such as talks, Or demo free software relating to music and media. Paul -- 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