Hi All In one of my many lives or expression of my energy I am in the role of an event producer...I have as yet to produce a convention and I'm happy to give it a go.
I have mentors and other event management students that I can call upon to assist should the need arise. Please let me know if this would be good for y'all and I'll email out to my network. Yours in Wellness John Nielsen CEO BAMedia Wellness Marketing and Event Management ABN 32 710 132 20 [email protected] + 61 (0) 449 065 729 (Vodafone Cell Phone) ICQ 70972773 Skype fuzzy8561 Excellence in Service Provision www.awareconnections.com On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 10:32, Marghanita da Cruz <[email protected]>wrote: > 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? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Bring choice back to your computer. >>>> http://www.linux.org.au/linux >>>> -- >>>> SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ >>>> Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > > -- > Marghanita da Cruz > http://ramin.com.au > Tel: 0414-869202 > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
