Re: LWE stand organisation

2007-04-19 Thread Ken VanDine
Why sell the CDs, just to recoup the costs? rPath's marketing folks has offered to pay to have 1000 CDs made up, with the GNOME artwork for us to give away for free. Only request is to include a small built by rPath type logo on it. Any objections? They are also the same folks paying my way to

Re: LWE stand organisation

2007-04-19 Thread Luis Villa
On 4/19/07, Ken VanDine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why sell the CDs, just to recoup the costs? And to provide seed money for the next batch. People saw it as a simple way to donate to the project, I think. It was less sales and more like a New York museum, anyway- 'a requested donation' for the

Re: LWE stand organisation

2007-04-19 Thread Dave Neary
No objections from me. Selling them does have two or three benefits, though: 1. People feel like they're supporting GNOME 2. People who pay for a LiveCD are more likely to use it 3. Recuping costs is good. Cheers, Dave. Ken VanDine wrote: Why sell the CDs, just to recoup the costs? rPath's

Re: LWE stand organisation

2007-04-19 Thread Ken VanDine
I don't know where to start, but if I can help let me know. Lets get the ball rolling quickly, LWE is coming up real fast :) --Ken On 4/19/07, Patrick Wagstrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ken VanDine wrote: Perhaps we could sell shirts or hats... something i know i would pay for :) How do

Re: LWE stand organisation

2007-04-14 Thread Luis Villa
[cc'ing marketing-list instead of board.] On 4/14/07, Ken VanDine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am very pleased to do it, I will email the marketing list to look for volunteers to help. But if anyone here would be interested in helping or can help find volunteers, that would be great. Does

Re: LWE stand organisation

2007-04-14 Thread Ken VanDine
rPath always has a booth, and we have noticed a major slowdown the past couple shows. Not only Boston, by SF was slower too. We will just hope this year is better :-D --Ken On 4/14/07, Luis Villa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [cc'ing marketing-list instead of board.] On 4/14/07, Ken VanDine

Re: LWE stand organisation

2007-04-14 Thread Luis Villa
On 4/14/07, Ken VanDine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: rPath always has a booth, and we have noticed a major slowdown the past couple shows. Not only Boston, by SF was slower too. We will just hope this year is better :-D I was actually surprised to see you guys at the last one I went to. FWIW, I