On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 03:20:38PM -0700, G. Crimp wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 04:27:51PM -0500, David Champion wrote:
>
> > 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.
Well, remember what the target audience would be at LinuxWorld. It won't
be the average expo attendee, instead it would be the other exhibitors,
user group officers, and the press.
During the expo it would be great if one or two volunteers could go
around to the other exhibitors and solicit materials, such as CD-ROMS,
for redistribution to the participating user groups. If LDD had space
of its own, we could then use it as a drop-off point for exhibitors
who want to donate materials. If we could get a sponsor to pay for
shipping, the LDD volunteers could then repackage any materials as in
comes in to the booth. Then at the close of the show, it would all be
shipped out to the LUGs.
The disadvantage of using part of a vendor's booth is that you lose the
signage that identifies you as a separate entity. In addition, the larger
booths that could accommodate us are designed well in advance, and we
wouldn't have any say in how much space we have or how we could use it
(i.e., for storage or otherwise).
--
Mike Higashi
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Linuxcare. At the center of Linux.
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