Hi Sridhar/Mike/Patrick,
At this stage, I'm happy to help out
with the Wiki page about the event and
have taken the liberty of setting one up at:
<http://wiki.slug.org.au/>
Marghanita
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
Hi Mike,
Setting up a stand is more about co-ordination than anything else.
It's not hard, especially if you give yourself a lot of lead time.
The basic requirements are:
* signing up for the event
* volunteers
* tables
* some stuff to show (signs, computers running Linux, etc.)
* stuff to give away (pamphlets, etc.)
This has all been done many times before, so there's plenty of
information out there. I certainly don't mind helping with any
questions that you may have.
If anyone else is interested in helping to organise this event, let us
know. It doesn't have to be one person doing it all (and preferably,
it shouldn't be).
Regards,
Sridhar
2009/11/30 Mike Andy <[email protected]>:
Unfortunately I don't know much about setting a stand up at a convention but
I would be willing to help out and I would like to know what getting a stand
set up involves doing. I lived in Japan for 2 years so needless to say I'm
up to date with the anime that's out there. I can speak laymen English, and
geek, also some Japanese. I run Linux desktops at home and servers at work.
I think your inkling is right, there would be lots of linux users attending
fairs like this it could be a great way to attract fresh blood or at least
keep touch with other users out there.
On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>From my experience, I've found that potential Linux users/enthusiasts
can come from all backgrounds. When it comes to advocacy, we've mainly
focused on technical (computer fairs, etc.), business (CeBIT, etc.)
and educational (Education Expo, etc.) users. This kind of outreach
outside our borders into related communities has been invaluable.
In that vein, I think the Ubuntu Massachusetts Local Community Team
might be onto something by targeting anime fans:
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/09/11/25/0124246/Ubuntu-Reaching-Out-To-16000-Anime-Lovers
A lot of us are (closet) anime fans. There's a good chance that
there's a lot of others out there like us too.
I suggest that we get a stand at an anime/sci-fi/pop-culture
convention like Supanova or Animania. We've missed it for this year,
but we have at least half a year to plan for the next one.
Is anybody interested in taking this on?
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