WOW!!! Sounds like a great event!
We've got a world-class speaker list and big-league sponsors to go
along with them, now we've just got to make sure the rest of the
show is at the same level of professionalism that we've attained so
far (I'd say "or higher" except I don't think there's much room for
improvement, just maintain the consistent quality! :-)
I like SLUG's business demo concept, and we need a desktop
demo (or maybe two, to show both Applix and StarOffice).
It's very important to keep the demos tightly focused, so we
shouldn't confuse things by trying to do or show too much else.
If those three demos are really nailed perhaps we might add a basic
net server with Samba and email, but showing prime-time quality
is more important than showing every half-baked piece of code
we can find. If we show two or three really professional packages
the audience will believe us that others exist even if they don't see
them all, while showing mediocre demos will just make the audience
think that free software is worth the price.
BTW, I hear SLUG.com is already in business showing things
we don't want to demo, so what's our business going to be,
Tux.com?
It's impossible for me to schedule Tuesdays or Thursdays so
I missed last night's meeting and won't be able to attend
either of the GNHLUG meetings tomorrow. I mailed some
hardcopy to Lori that might help with the demo project, and
I definitely want to be a part of that project, so would there
be any chance of having demo work sessions on some other
night, or on the weekends? Saturdays, starting around noon,
would be my ideal preference... THANKS!
--Bruce McCulley
Lori Hitchcock wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> These are the informal minutes of what was discussed at the planning
> meeting last night.
> The following speakers, sponsors, and vendors are confirmed.
> Keynote-Mike Prince, CIO Burlington Coat Factory-Why Linux? Mega Kudos to
> Jerry and Josh for accomplishing this.
> Speakers-Joshua Freeman, Andover.Net (I need Josh's title) Challenges of
> Integrating Linux
> Peter Rathbone, President Virtual Airlines (I need a title
> for Peter's talk)
> Sponsors-IBM, Lotus Corp, VA Linux, Toas, Just this morning, E-Coast (The
> Seacoast Technology Roundtable) part of the Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce
> signed on. I need the schools correct name New Hampshire Technical
> College. They need to be included in the sponsors list.
>
> Vendors-
> IBM, VA Linux, Digi, Susi, Corel, Red Hat Caldera Linux Mall, Alpha Linux,
> Mandrake, Network Associates, Linux Care.
>
> I don't know in what capacity e-coast wants to be involved. I'm meeting
> with the Chair, Joanne, (Portsmouth Computer Group) tomorrow night at the
> e-brew. Joanne is also on the board of directors of the Chamber as well.
> She has already volunteered to do a broadcast fax to all chamber members
> (600 companies) and talked about a banner with the GNHLUG logo and the
> E-Coast logo. I'm going to see if I can get them to sponsor the reception
> with Redhook. I also don't know what Hitchcock Staffing is going to do for
> sponsorship. I'm thinking that rather than have slugs and gnhluggers tied
> up with tables of literature I will have folders with a sticker of the
> gnhlug logo on the front and inside put all the vendors literature and a
> sheet that gives the day's itinerary. This gives us an opportunity to
> change the itinerary up to the last minute where printing a brochure would
> not. This means we will need less space, only needing to accommodate those
> vendors that actually want to have reps there. I know there are companies
> that want reps there.
> Publicity-Interface Monthly (may also want to sponsor) Channel 9, Seacoast
> Newspapers and who ever is on Jerry's list. Jerry will also have to give
> you the list of donated items, I don't have that.
> Things that still need work (and there are plenty of them) will be worked
> on tomorrow night at the NHCTC Lab room 29A @ 7PM. This is where we will
> really start to work out the technical logistics. Rick Petree will have
> the actual rooms that are available scheduled at that point and non
> techies will start to work on a traffic flow. Those of you that want to
> help but feel technically challenged are invited to please come and help
> with non-tech logistics and you can also be great sounding boards to let
> techies know when they have started to get to technical for our business
> audience. Techies please come and lend your expertise and let us know what
> you feel comfortable doing in terms of demo's, behind the scenes set-up
> etc.
> See you there,
> Lori
>
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