A CLUG trade show? I think this may be a good idea, but just not right this moment. Respectfully, I believe we have one or two other serious discussions happening, which would detract from the planning needed for an event like this.
An idea like this is big. I think it needs much thought and planning to make it happen right. The first thing to make a choice on is the topic of the event. If we just say something like "CLUG is hosting a trade show, come visit", this leaves the question of what the trade show is for. Maybe something like "CLUG is hosting an Open Source trade show" or something similar? Once we have the topic for the event, THEN sponsors could be approached. Maybe the Calgary Convention Center will donate time? Or maybe we need to book a community hall? I'm sure IBM and Novell would be interested in an open source trade show, as well as a ton of local companies... But like I said above, I feel we need to resolve the other issues before we can properly focus on this one.... Shawn On Monday 08 November 2004 20:48, Jason Louie wrote: > Okay this was mentioned in the Exec. Meeting and now brought to the > list for more ideas and brainstorming. > > Recap: > The execs have agreed that we should have a yearly BIG event. Not an > installfest, > not a meeting but a full blown CLUG fair. The event we were thinking > of would have to be held in a community centre or a gym where booths > and/or sections would be set up for diffrent things. > > What would make this better than other events? > o The event is held once a year and thus giving a time period that > would generate a desire for such an event. > o This type of event is more appealling to bigger sponsors. Redhat, > SuSE, Mandrake.... would be more inclined to offer support, (products > and maybe even finiacially,) for an annual event rather than a monthly > hand out. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
