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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) > 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...> In terms of contacting potential sponsors - do you have any particular groups in mind? Or just any one we can get interested? What stuff is sold at such an event? > > The recent thread on young people missing out due to use of proprietary > file formats should give a good incentive to try and promote alternatives. > > > any ideas, comments etc > > If this is Doable I would like to get it booked ASAP, that way all we > need to do is worry about promotion and the days events. , for which we > have a good 3 months, rest of June, July then August. to promote the > event. > I know it didn't work out very well last time, but this time we can > learn from before and hopefully make a better go of it. > > Paul > Best wishes 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