On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 04:27:51PM -0500, David Champion wrote:
> Mike Higashi wrote:
>
> > I asked earlier on this list if I should ask the LinuxWorld advisors
> > for free booth space at the expo for LDD...
> >
> > The chairman of LWCE, Charlie Greco, said they could check to see if
> > there was some of accommodating LDD...
>
> Good luck. Let us know what you find out!
>
> If we do get the booth, and need volunteers, there is a possibility that
> I will be attending at least part of LWCE.
>
> Question: since we have corporate sponsors who already have booths, any
> chance we can get in with one of them?
I think this would be a much more efficient. Organizing a booth
requires a lot of energy and organization. Organizing a booth at LinuxWorld
to advertise an event like LDD is like organizing two events at once.
Whereas I think a lot of people will show up to a Linux Demo Day, I don't
think that we would get much traffic at a larger show devoted to Linux. I
was at the last Linux Demo Day. Most people hang around the big name booths
that have big flashy displays with Harley Davidson motorbikes and Volkswagon
Beetles, and that give out free CD and various Linux toys. The return we
would get for our investment is minimal.
However, if we could convince our sponsors to talk about us, maybe
have a banner announcing LDD as part of their display, maybe have some
colourful brochures on their display cases for people to take away, that
would be worthwhile advertising. Coverage at any or all of our sponsors
booths would be at least as good, probably better, certainly no worse, than
what we would get from our own space. If any of our sponsors would allow us
to have a small corner of their booth, we could hand out our stuff
ourselves.
Ta,
Gerald
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