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Paul Sutton wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > If we can't get any computer fairs down, here or they are dying due to > vendors turning to the internet, perhaps this could be an alternate plan > > > > Many charity groups and organisations hold events to raise funds, e.g > raffle, stalls, etc, craft sales, bric-a-brac (for the benefit of those > who don't know what this is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bric-a-brac) > > Perhaps we could look in to getting a table at such an event, clearly > if we were to sell cd's or offer a cd burn service so if anyone wanted a > cd to take home with them we can simply burn for them (iso + simple bash > script to copy / burn to cd) > > We could still sell these for £1 but donate 1/2 the profits to the said > charity. > > We could by doing this target the sort of people who would benefit the > most from Linux, low income people or perhaps someone who just wants a > simple set up, just to do e-mail, internet etc, > > but at the same time we could offer our own services to help them if > need be, (given there are people here to fix computers etc) or at least > promote any local businesses that do. (so for ink perhaps we can promote > refresh cartridges) > > Just an idea, but perhaps once they know who we are we can perhaps see > if we can help them in otherways (old equipment right up to what rob set > up at exwick), which i am sure there are many faclilties for older > people that would benefit. > > any comments? > > Paul > > Might be an idea. I think part of the problem though is that these sort of events not everyone who comes along is interested in computers. At least at a computer fair (or maybe amateur radio rally) there's a much higher chance that the visitors are going to be interested in computers. Still it's not to say that it isn't worth a try, if we could find something (I'm thinking maybe the Torbay flea market or something like that) it might be worth a shot. The idea of the Infopoint though if we did that is that the organisers (Jono Bacon I think) contact the organisers of the event to try and secure a cheap or free table on the basis that we only charge what we pay for the discs, so if a disc costs 30p to duplicate then we only charge 30p. I guess if it was a charity event though (or something with the proceeds going to charity then charging £1 a disc with 50p going to the charity doesn't seem unreasonable to me. Rob -- 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