On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 08:21:40AM -0700, Jack Deslippe wrote: > Grant/Bill, > > How big (in physical size) is the Ubuntu-CA booth? I guess Bill was > hoping to use ~half of the space to be manned by local LUGs?
That's what we were hoping for. Not necessarily half, but enough space for one or two people. > To be honest, unless there is a lot of space, I think it is a better idea to > use the space to provide a well put together booth demoing and providing > information of Ubuntu. I say this because I think (if we prepare > properly) the Ubuntu booth should be a very professional visually > appealing area similar to what you would expect from say Red Hat. Understood. If, however, you think there'd be a way to dileniate us such that we don't look like "oddballs sitting at the Ubuntu booth," and more like "a mini-booth", that'd work. As I think I mentioned, we ended up sharing part of our booth space with EFF at LinuxWorld in 2003. I don't have any really good photos, but here's one: http://lugod.org/photos/2003.08.06/img_0970.jpg and another: http://lugod.org/photos/2003.08.06/img_0977.jpg I admit I was annoyed by the number of kids who sat around the booth poking at their laptops, so I generally discourage that kind of behavior. (If you're at the booth, you're there to TALK TO PEOPLE. :) ) <snip> > I do think it would be appropriate to hand out flyers > from local LUGs where people can find out more. At the very LEAST -- that is, if booth sharing doesn't work out and we can't get our own booth -- we're hoping to put together some handouts and see if folks who DO have booths (Ubuntu, O'Reilly) would be willing to put them out for us. > So, It is somewhat against my own interests to say this, but I don't > think it is really a good idea to have the booth split in two from a > purely marketing/visual point of you. If it is a large space, I think > we can get away with this. Ok, well let me know, so I can pass it along to the folks who've offered to volunteer so far. Thanks! -bill! -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
