How about: A Business Linux Expo (the FLA [Four Letter Acronym] then becomes ABLE) Rich > FWIW, some of the names suggested were: > BUD, Business Users Day > Business On Linux > Linux Business Users Show > Linux Business Expo (turns out Z/D runs this in conjunction with Comdex) > In Business with Linux > Linux In Business > Linux Business Show > > The consensus was that last one, others might be used as sound bite tag lines or > slogans. > > Also, to reiterate - if you are interested in helping with this event, or even in >just > knowing what's going on with it, please subscribe to the gnhlug organization list > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> because we'll be moving all the traffic for this >event > over to that list ASAP. > > THANKS! > > --Bruce McCulley > > Rick Petree wrote: > > > Hello Everyone > > > > We had a good turn out at the BUD meeting today. Lots of good ideas and > > suggestions. I think that someone that took better notes than I needs to put > > out a list of "To do" action items and ask for volunteers to complete these > > items by a certain deadline. The time line I suggested below is just a > > SWAG(Simple Wild Ass Guess). I would be grateful if someone would come up > > with some better dates. > > Of all the thing discussed I will get all the rooms we need reserved > > including before the event so we can set up and perform a full dry runs. I > > will also be there at the dry-runs and at the event for both set up and > > restorations. I know we need people to do at least the following: > > *Develop and start to execute a full scale advertising plan(Feb 29) > > *Finalize the list of Demonstrations Applications and Scenarios to > > show (Feb 29) > > *Get people committed to setting up and doing the Demonstrations & > > Scenarios and perform dry run(Feb 29, March 29, Apr 15) > > *Determine and book our guest speakers(March 15) > > *Solicit companies for donations (door prizes, give aways, snacks, > > printing services, etc)(April 1 local & March 1 non-local) > > *Determine and book venders (support venders and so on)(March 15) > > *Set up a booth for GNHLUG(April 1) > > *Determine and make up the literature, hand-outs, etc(April 1 and > > final print by April 15) > > > > I know my list is not complete, so could you please add to it. The above > > final deadline of ~15 April would give two very short weeks to fine tune > > any dry run glitches and apply some damage control efforts to anything not > > coming together or having problems(like guest speaker cancellations or > > whatever). > > > > > > Rick > > :-) > > T-90 days and counting!!! > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Name: winmail.dat > > winmail.dat Type: DAT File (application/x-unknown-content-type-DAT_auto_file) > > Encoding: base64 > > ********************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the > *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: > unsubscribe gnhlug > **********************************************************
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