You should put this in the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue26).
On Sat, 2006-12-23 at 14:48 -0400, Efrain Juvenal Valles Pulgar wrote: > Dear All: > > This week the Venezuela LoCo team had very productive week at the > expotecnologica held at the convention isle of a very famous shopping > mall in the city of Maracaibo, Venezuela. the invitation came rather > late, so preparations for the event were not very many. The event > gathered the latest trends in technology. Representatives from > companies > like Nintendo, Epson and A2 Softway (software development group) > offered > services and the different university projects, which gave the event a > very special touch of local talent. > > The opportunity came through a national organization GloVE > (www.glove.org.ve) which offered Rolando Blanco, who is the LoCo > contact > in Venezuela, the opportunity to participate in the event with a space > at their table to promote Ubuntu. the strategy was simple. the > ubuntu-ve > team members that attended had a computer were people could take > Ubuntu > for a test run. it proved to be successful. a million words cannot > describe the fuzzy feeling of experiencing something new. It's worth > mentioning that the target crowd of the event was just technology > enthusiasts , not just Linux users, which made the exposure to Ubuntu > and GNU/Linux much more meaningful. We also shared flyers and the > GLoVE > group offered UBUNTU cd's to the interested attendees. > > The promoting aspect didn't only include the attendees. many of > the > exhibitors checked the Software Libre stand and had a look at Ubuntu. > People from a computer learning academy in the region really > expressed > their interest in learning more about Free Software and particularly > UBUNTU. They claim to have good reference of the bistro and they > offered > to open a space in their academy to foster Ubuntu related courses and > to > offer it as community service. so Networking was a added value to the > initial purpose of the participation. What a great opportunity for the > LoCo team indeed. > > The overall experience of this event represents a learning > curve for all > of the people from the Venezuela Ubuntu LoCo Team. The acceptance of > Ubuntu amongst people makes one aware of the responsibility of sharing > and empowers one to continue on with the task at hand. it fuels the > Ubuntu Spirit within. > > Efrain Valles > > pics @ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sets/72157594434663540/ -- Help me get to Venezuela! http://tibsplace.co.uk/venezuela -- loco-contacts mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
