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Subject:    [kde-promo] Re: KDE in top 1.5%
From:       Jonathan Singer <jsinger () genome ! wi ! mit ! edu>
Date:       2002-02-20 16:49:16
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> From: Mark Bucciarelli <mark@easymailings.com>

> Maybe a web site that:
> 
> (1) keep tabs on all the linux conferences going on around the world
> (2) allows volunteers to  indicate that they would like to staff a booth
> (3) provides a central place for KDE artists to submit their work
> (4) (perhaps) maintains a small inventory of glossy brochures
> (5) (perhaps) maintains an inventory of print on demand t-shirt designs
> (6) (perhaps) sets up a paypal account for receiving donations for PR.
> 
> Having seen the KDE booth at the Linux Expo in NYC, it was great, but only 
> because Christopher Molnar and Ian Geisner (sp?) put in a lot of their own 
> individual effort--no help on the PR side, and it showed.  The booth was 
> busy and I think t-shirts would have sold well.

I'm writing up an account of the NYC Linux Expo (to be submitted to dot.kde.org in a \
few days) that also talks about what would be helpful to a group of volunteers \
showing up to man a booth with no existing resources. Our booth was popular, but \
embarassingly empty, and few simple items like poster files and CD images would have \
helped tremendously. (Better hardware than a flickery 60 Hz monitor would also have \
helped.) Basically the booth was 2-4 KDE guys standing around with their laptops.

Of course, we're not Ximian and I understand why we don't have a huge, expensive \
presence. But the kind of events toolkit you're describing would be simple and make a \
huge difference, and offer some non-developers a quick, valuable way to contribute.



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