Got swag from FOSDEM
Hello team, My openSUSE friends brought me the swag you gave them at FOSDEM booth and I'll use them for the Greek conferences and events. By the way, do we have a procedure that we ask for swag for local events? Thanks to all of you once again. Stathis -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
GNOME FOSDEM Stand
Hi all, Thanks to everyone who staffed the GNOME stand at FOSDEM! It was great to have so many enthusiastic volunteers. If you were there - how did you think the stand worked, and what could we improve for next time? I thought our visual presence was pretty good, and the videos we showed on the demo machine were good. It was also really great to have information posted up about upcoming GNOME talks - that was a great idea. As was brought up on the list recently, I also thought it would be good to organise the stand around a more engaging activity. Friends of GNOME sign up was one idea there. Technical demonstrations was another. We could also do things like a GNOME Love/Hate board or a suggestions box or even a game that people can play at the stand. Any other ideas? The other thing I thought was that the stand would be better if we had more in the way of merchandise (pens, mugs, keyrings, usb sticks, a greater range of stickers, etc etc). We also need new banners (some of which are looking like they have seen better days) and a big GNOME tablecloth (I was also envious of the roll-up vertical banners that the other stands had). Do we know if there is room in the box for those things? Who has the box at the moment? Perhaps we could organise for it to be restocked? Allan -- IRC: aday on irc.gnome.org Blog: http://afaikblog.wordpress.com/ -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: GNOME FOSDEM Stand
Dear Allan, On Mon, 2012-02-06 at 15:05 +, Allan Day wrote: how did you think the stand worked, and what could we improve for next time? I didn't spend much time behind the stand (thanks to everybody else who helped and did much much more work!) but dumping what I remember from when I wasn't drunk or slacking or both: * I was asked twice if the POSTERS (official desktop of happy people) are available but did not know the wiki URL by heart. For the next print it should be written on them in a small font in a dark corner. * Tobias put up some of our available t-shirts but we were missing a ROPE/TAPE so we ended up using two network cables to get them onto the wall. It had a geeky charme so maybe we should not fix this. * The LEAFLET includes a screenshot of GNOME 2 (and doesn't look great if they are just black and white photocopies). * Tobias wants one of these STAND-UP displays that are a poster in 120x200cm and can be rolled up. I have no idea what it's called and no idea yet what to put onto it. * I sometimes wonder (for geeky audiences) if we should have a how-to help list handy, like some (real) examples for tasks where we need help (e.g. application $foo needs updated documentation or $bar's maintainer is AWOL and you could take over). Might not make us look good though, so maybe just a printed summary of the Getting involved page showing that there are many areas where people can contribute and that you don't need to be a coder. OUTREACH. * Not Fosdem specific: The STICKERS with the foot logo don't help spreading the word to people who do not know what the logo stands for. If we had stickers with a gnome.org URL on them our street teams could put them onto every traffic light and toilet door of those hip clubs and schools where the cool kids go that should really check out our project. Of course our street teams should only do this in countries where wild advertising is legal(TM)! Cheers, andre -- mailto:ak...@gmx.net | failed http://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: GNOME FOSDEM Stand
I 100% support having a table cloth and a roll up self-standing banner in both of the event boxes. Stormy On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Allan Day allanp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Thanks to everyone who staffed the GNOME stand at FOSDEM! It was great to have so many enthusiastic volunteers. If you were there - how did you think the stand worked, and what could we improve for next time? I thought our visual presence was pretty good, and the videos we showed on the demo machine were good. It was also really great to have information posted up about upcoming GNOME talks - that was a great idea. As was brought up on the list recently, I also thought it would be good to organise the stand around a more engaging activity. Friends of GNOME sign up was one idea there. Technical demonstrations was another. We could also do things like a GNOME Love/Hate board or a suggestions box or even a game that people can play at the stand. Any other ideas? The other thing I thought was that the stand would be better if we had more in the way of merchandise (pens, mugs, keyrings, usb sticks, a greater range of stickers, etc etc). We also need new banners (some of which are looking like they have seen better days) and a big GNOME tablecloth (I was also envious of the roll-up vertical banners that the other stands had). Do we know if there is room in the box for those things? Who has the box at the moment? Perhaps we could organise for it to be restocked? Allan -- IRC: aday on irc.gnome.org Blog: http://afaikblog.wordpress.com/ -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: GNOME FOSDEM Stand
And I'll wallpaper Colorado with those stickers :) On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Stormy Peters sto...@gnome.org wrote: I 100% support having a table cloth and a roll up self-standing banner in both of the event boxes. Stormy On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Allan Day allanp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Thanks to everyone who staffed the GNOME stand at FOSDEM! It was great to have so many enthusiastic volunteers. If you were there - how did you think the stand worked, and what could we improve for next time? I thought our visual presence was pretty good, and the videos we showed on the demo machine were good. It was also really great to have information posted up about upcoming GNOME talks - that was a great idea. As was brought up on the list recently, I also thought it would be good to organise the stand around a more engaging activity. Friends of GNOME sign up was one idea there. Technical demonstrations was another. We could also do things like a GNOME Love/Hate board or a suggestions box or even a game that people can play at the stand. Any other ideas? The other thing I thought was that the stand would be better if we had more in the way of merchandise (pens, mugs, keyrings, usb sticks, a greater range of stickers, etc etc). We also need new banners (some of which are looking like they have seen better days) and a big GNOME tablecloth (I was also envious of the roll-up vertical banners that the other stands had). Do we know if there is room in the box for those things? Who has the box at the moment? Perhaps we could organise for it to be restocked? Allan -- IRC: aday on irc.gnome.org Blog: http://afaikblog.wordpress.com/ -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
