For information, roll-up are not so expensive...Regards Cedric On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:00 AM, jean7491 <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi to all, > > The following report, with pictures, has been added to the wiki : > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/Accenta_2009 > > *Report* > Thanks to Digipolis Ghent (http://www.digipolis.be/), Ubuntu-be was > present at the yearly fair Accenta 2009 on 19 and 20/09/2009 in Ghent - > Flanders Expo. > > This commercial fair and its public was very different from our usual Dipro > environment. > > Nevertheless, and despite an unfavourable location, the team succeeded to > present a very positive image of Ubuntu. The afflux of visitors was regular > and our volunteers nearly permanently busy with explanations and > demonstrations. Most of people did not know about the existence of Ubuntu. > > For several reasons, the Ubuntu personal was at a minimum level (4(-) on > Saturday and 3 on Sunday). > > The space, furniture and material including 1 beamer, 1 screen and 4 > laptops (running on live-cd's), and decoration, all from Digipolis at our > disposal, was excellent. > > The new flyers were attractive and easily distributed. Approximately 100 > CD's were delivered. > > A short presentation in 5 slides (screenshots) "how to use a live-CD" has > been used as support for basic explanation. We still need a presentation > (not a video) with simple screenshots of the steps "how to install Ubuntu in > dual-boot on a generic PC". Existing videos are good for home use, but not > adequate for fair public (too long and detailed). > > > Our home-made promotion material (banner, support for the posters, ...) > is well adapted for Dipro fairs, but when used in more important events, > like Accenta, it seems ridiculous compared with the surrounding booths and > their decoration. The cost of the booth presentation is naturally different. > > For this kind of particular events, we should have at disposal some > professional decoration material, like deployable (roll-up or pop-up?) > posters and logos. Perhaps is this kind of material available by Canonical, > or we could ask tips from appropriate people and sponsors for help? > > Finances: 11,25 euro of public donations, transferred to Ubuntu-be > bank-account. > > *Summary* > > It was a very successful event for Ubuntu promotion in a more commercial > environment. > > Our booth brought once again the image of Ubuntu in the daily life in Ghent > area. > > -- > Jean > *Ubuntu Belgium Events Team* > > -- > ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:[email protected] > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be > > -- Ma petite boutique photo http://www.pingouin-barbu.info/la-passion-du-pingouin-barbu/
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