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Re: [LUG] software freedom day 2010

 

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 :-)

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