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From: "List Monkey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ken Ambrose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Bill Sconce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 3:46 AM
Subject: Re: Linux at Wal-Mart
> In my experience, big chain stores have ABSOLUTE policies about posting
> flyers or any other form of "solicitation" by outside organizations.
>
> I found this out when I asked a manager at Staples in West Lebanon about a
> NNHLUG flyer.
>
> If they let US do it, the next thing you know, they are deluged with
> posters from everyone imaginable....and think about it...are we the first
> people to approach Wal-Mart? I think not.
>
> However if we contacted WalMart HQ and offered to let them sell the GNHLUG
> Linux distro, that we would wholesale to them for $4 in 1000 lots, they
> might be interested...
...or better yet, how about if we approached the Distro suppliers with a
list of national and regional LUGs that would go INSIDE the boxes?
Rich C.
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