Hi !! Correct me if i'm wrong, but right now it stands that LUGCal is getting involved in both the events, provided the funds permit. Talking of funds, how are we planning to go about raising the money ?
A point was raised that someone could book the stall(s) in his/her personal capacity and then let LUG use/utilise it. Is that feasible and legally valid ? This needs to be checked out. Moreover, it was the thread of an earlier mail [mine as well some others] that the LUG should be there to "handhold" and "promote". The business of selling and buying should be left to the establised ones in the field. Or simply put, as most of the vendors [again i think this is an exaggeration] feel that people specifically do not want Linux on the system as it is "geeky",it should be left to the LUG to provide an image that Linux is fun,cool, funky as well as smooth as silk [or anything for that matter].i'm sure all of us know at least one hardware vendor each, but what is the use of chaos creation. should we not delegate this task to someone within us, to liase with the vendors putting forward an idea that vendor(s) could provide a hardware setup as per our shopping list, a tech [by their standards] person to oversee that the harware is not abused and in return a place of prominence will be made availabe to the company. i think a CD-burner should be there at the venue, you never know when you run out of stock. As for the CDs to be made availabe at the venues(s), let us create a list of Distributions & Applications that could be made available. Also the pricing of the CDs. CD covers can be made to be wonderful publicity material for the LUGCal as well as the vendors. And only if we could get someone to give away token mementos at the stall - good publicity it will be. Right now, beggars cannot be choosers [apologies for such harsh words] and though what Russell points out makes sense, the IBM - LINUX aspect should be looked into from a purely self centred [from LUGCal] point of view. And i agree, getting RedHat in would query up the pitch. If only someone could provide details of the sponsorship of the Bangalore bash then things could be a little clearer. As we would be undertaking what could be the biggest publicity binge ever, a few media related things need to be cleared up. The website has to be updated and kept on being updated at regular intervals. If the BE meeting pix are available then we need to get those online. The papers viz, the TOI,The Telegraph,HT all need to be notified with a write-up as to the need and the objective of the event. Someone kind enough had suggested positive Corporate feelers to this cause, i suppose a letter of intent is the need of the day. The founding fathers [please forgive as due to lack of presence of the charming folks 'founding mothers' is not used], can create a piece on the LUGCal - reason for existence, achievements so far, stellar meetings, contact details, site links and also the objective in participating in such events. A letter but slightly modified could also be sent [as discussed in an earlier mail] to school principals and colleges asking for a presence at the stall. SDG and others at institutions could you chip in ? Glad to know that we are meeting, saddened by the fact that i'll be out of town this weekend. But am never away from a terminal. So if someone posts the minutes then things will be crystal clear. By the way , what is the agenda for the meeting ? Have a beautiful day all of you. Let's get the show(s) on the road Regards Sankarshan --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.386 / Virus Database: 218 - Release Date: 9/9/02 -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/help/faq_list.html
