On Sunday 28 March 2004 23:44, Mark A. Miller wrote: > > I'm in the process of reading the docs (and looking at the perl and php > > source code) to the online credit card thing so that Mark and I can get > > online registration working tomorrow. (I wanna do it in Python. I > > realise I'm making extra work for myself, but oh well...) Mark also has > > credit card machines he can bring to the meeting so we can go "ooh" and > > "aah" over them. > > And, if the Red Lion will loan us a phone line long enough, all of you > can register for the convention! Ooh. Ahh.
Speaking of which, I intend to inflict $1000 upon the convention bank account. That's 33 preregistrations, I believe, so we can give out 30 free registrations to panelists and maybe 10 more $10 discounts. (However the math works out...) > > Upcoming advertising I need to do: bug Linux Journal. Put out a Call for > > Papers. Online advertising at Kerneltrap, Keenspot, Slashdot, and Linux > > Weekly News. Hit UT stuent groups (the Gaming Guild, anime club, ACM, > > and whatever kind of english literary things they've got. Plus an ad in > > the Daily Texan, and kiosk fliers.) This is waiting for the GOH list to > > fill out. > > They'll (ACM) will have a Linux InstallFest April 3rd. Flyerage must be > slapped upon them. Got it. I hope we can update the flyers to have one or two more GOHs by then, but we'll see... > > I haven't been able to get in touch with Richard Garriott. If anybody > > else has an idea, let me know. > > Just a regular letter, perhaps? Worth a shot. Also hitting the SCA... > > Troy: you know Eric Flint best. Can you get a list of local Baen authors > > from him? (Who writes for Baen and lives in Austin?) > > > > I need to bug the Fandom Association of Central Texas and get more data > > from them. (Mark is typing up the contact info we've harvested from the > > last three conventions we've been to, the FACT guys are on there...) > > Not quite correct. I will once I finish this set of Babylon 5 > episodes...they beckon me...izza good stuff. You're going to enjoy season 4... :) > > What am I not thinking of? > > You forgot our newly established CON REPORT BLOG. Where do you want me > to put it? http:/www.linucon.org/conreport/? Sure. I'm not 100% sure it needs to be separate, though. Let's work this out at the next concom meeting: we need a page to link to other conventions, the con reports should theoretically be in there... > > Rob > > Gig 'em Robs I'm not an aggie, and I haven't got a frog and a 2-tined fork. Rob
