Nik Butler wrote: > Afternoon all. So its been a quiet week on the list regarding the > exhibition but that does not mean we have not been hammering away > behind the scenes. > > First off thanks to Alan Helmore-Simpson and Paul Sladen for keeping the > Ubuntu Tablet demo project moving forward. By now Paul should be in > possession of the tablet so I will await his response. > > Ana, has suggested being able to help out with Videos and reporting for > the day , is there anyone else whom wants to help on that side of the > project ? > I'll be running around taking photos of anything and everything, so I'll give a hand here if needed. > More people have signed up to help out on the stand. You can expect me > to be asking the commitment question next week to ensure we can start > planning who will be where and if equipment will need to be moved and > how we can start to plan that. > > The Ubuntu people have contacted me to confirm that the request for > SHIP-IT CDs is confirmed. Ive requested 600 CDs with at least 400 as PC > based and the remaining set broken down amongst 64bit and Mac versions. > I have also had the confirmation about the conference pack being sent > through. Speaking of marketing . Id like to order up some Polo Shirts to > wear on the day as well as Sell can I get a Commitment for at least an > order of 20 , since I can get the price reduced on larger quantities and > I can get 25 for £10.00 each so guess what .. if we can get an order in > early we can sell the rest at the show and start putting our Ubuntu-UK > team pot together. The lead time on the order is two weeks so the > deadline for getting in orders is next week ! > Put me down for a couple of orders 25 although I might keep a couple :-). How much are we planning to sell the t-shirts for at the stall? > Ive spoken to the Ubuntu marketing peeps and they will be contacting me > next week to let us know if theres anything they are looking to focus on > at the stand. > > Things im still waiting for suggestions/content/materials/confirmation > of a good idea on ; keeping it simple theres just a couple of things: > > 1. Things to Show/Demo during the two days. > So yes we can show the desktop and we can show it working with hardware > thats a given but should we maybe plan to do some presentation, lighting > talks or Ask the Ubenteros moments ? > 2. Things to talk to people about on the day . > Other than CDs and Posters what topics do we all want to promote. The > Ubuntu Loco Team UK and its groups are a given here so why not build > around that , and how ? > > > Id like to ask you all to help with committing to hardware ( even the > small stuff like cables and power bricks ) that will be available for > the show and how it will get to the show and I will be asking for this > prior to end of September. > I've got a 5 port 10/100 ethernet hub and an 11MBit wireless access point (but only with wep encryption) which I'm happy to lend for the stall. > Im still waiting on comments from Brian about the stand dimensions , > fascillities and access so we are still working to a rough note here. > > Thats all for now, thanks again to those of you whom have committed to > helping out for the show your efforts are all much appreciatted. > > oh one more thing.. > > Shall we all head out for a Drink and a curry on the evening of the Set > up ? Nothing to harsh for the evening but a good way to get to know > faces and people and ideas before the show. Im sure they'll be another > one after the event.. > I doubt I'll be able to make it :-( Damn work. > Thanks for reading .. have a good one, now its time to see if Gilmore > Girls has started its new season ! > > > Nik > > > > >
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