On 11/22/06, Dan Katz wrote:
Since I found this in my inbox, I thought I'd throw my two cents into the
fray.
I think bumper stickers and mousepads are inherently a bad investment, as
are professionally pressed CDs.
(I mean, really.. Burn a few or even request that someone send you a few
before installfests)
The CDs will be outdated by the time the next installfest rolls around.
T-shirts, are great because they last a long time and are like walking
billboards.
How about doing a promotion tied in with a presentation to educate people
about linux?
Or using some money to fly down or give an invited speaker an honorarium.
(Of course, /why/ would a linux speaker demand an honorarium?)
Or sponsoring a hosted account somewhere (off campus) where students can
have a development environment to write / test / etc OSS/FOSS.
Or even *gasp* not using all the money at once and focusing on a
five-year
plan to gradually spend it.
(Like T-shirts, pizza and misc installfest supplies for a few years!).
I'm sure you'll find that even with a multi-year approach, the money
will go
quickly.
IMO, you should print shirts, sell them on-the-cheap (perhaps at a slight
loss) and use that money to fund some kind of either educational effot,
lobby-effort or even donate hardware / expertise to a needy school to
allow
them to not be reliant on proprietary software.
-dk
On 11/27/06, Tina Wang wrote:
> I tend to agree with Dan here. Will, what exactly is the status of
> Vlad and Sig Linux?
>
> I think I might be able to help out with my Sun connections. They're
> big on open source. I'll get back to you on that.
>
> Tina
Looks like Vlad is still Siglinux head, and reachable through
[EMAIL PROTECTED] :)
Will
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