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Subject: Re: [kde-promo] KDE 4.0 Release Party
From: "Big O" <illogical1 () gmail ! com>
Date: 2007-06-18 14:38:33
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I'm in Queens, NY, but like someone said as I'm already in the US I'd be up
for the Cali event if it were the only one. Also not volunteering,
yet. Personally,
I'd like to finish some other things for kde-promo I'm working on before
'partying'
Speaking of which...
On 6/13/07, Steve Tose <stevetose@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm in Quincy, MA and spend a lot of time between here and NH, mostly
> coastal.
>
> On 6/13/07, Vlad Blanton <vblanton@gmail.com > wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 02:48 -0400, Steve Tose wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On 4/17/07, Sebastian Kügler <sebas@kde.org> wrote:
> > > Let's think about having a party!
> > >
> > > For the KDE 4.0 release, Google kindly invites the KDE
> > > community to celebrate
> > > this release at their Googleplex in Mountainview, California.
> > >
> > > This offers us increased press coverage, spot-on where the
> > > industry is.
> > >
> > > My question: Who would like to work on making this release
> > > party happening in
> > > close cooperation with Google? Since I'm in Europe, it's
> > > probably easiest if
> > > someone from the US (or in any case, nearer by than me) could
> > > take this on.
> > > I'm happy with providing assistance whereever I can, of
> > > course.
> > >
> > > My personal idea of the release party is that we'd have those
> > > parties all over
> > > the world, maybe a bit like the Mozilla 1.0 thing. Whereever
> > > people are,
> > > there could be release parties for KDE 4.0. We'd coordinate
> > > this event in a
> > > global fashion then. For the US/NA party, we could invite
> > > industry, press and
> > > obviously community people, making this a high-profile event.
> > >
> > > So, who's in for an exciting job this summer? :-)
> >
> > Sounds like a good idea, I'm in. I think this is a good project to get
> > started once the discover kde project is up and at least semi-final. It
> >
> > also gives us more incentive to quicken the pace on discover kde.
> >
> > If this is going to be a world-wide thing, then there will be need for a
> > central website and I would be happy to help out on that front.
> >
> > btw, I'm located in Massachusetts, USA. 1.5 hours from Boston/Cambridge
> > area.
> >
> > Vlad
> >
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> > > Has there been any more progress on this? It seems like it is a
> > > fantastic opportunity for KDE. Many responders were from Europe, like
> > > you, and that is an issue though.
> > >
> > > I am on the East Coast and New York would be a lot easier for me, but
> > > CA is no big deal either. I haven't responded because I figured this
> > > would be an event for a veteran kde-promo person. But I have some
> > > entry-level experience in Merchandising and Marketing. I'll talk about
> >
> > > it if anyone's interested, or do grunt work because I'm more local
> > > than others. I think some stuff I did on gwenview will be on
> > > kde-appmonth next month and sincerely want to contribute sommething to
> >
> > > help kde in some way. Sorry I haven't been involved, I've been reading
> > > the list if that counts...
> > > Steve
> > >
> > > ps I've staffed booths for Cambridge SoundWorks at many marketing
> > > events, run sales trainings for consumer IT products, helped provide
> > > an intel/hp sales training ebent for multiple retail stores(Best Buy,
> > > Microcenter, Circuit City etc. attended) but party planning is a lot
> > > of work...not volunteering yet
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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I'm in Queens, NY, but like someone said as I'm already in the US I'd be \
up for the Cali event if it were the only one. Also not volunteering, \
yet. <div>Personally, I'd like to finish some other things for kde-promo \
I'm working on before 'partying' </div><div>Speaking of \
which...<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/13/07, <b \
class="gmail_sendername">Steve Tose</b> <<a \
href="mailto:stevetose@gmail.com">stevetose@gmail.com</a>> \
wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="margin:0;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> \
I'm in Quincy, MA and spend a lot of time between here and NH, mostly \
coastal.<div><span class="e" id="q_11327aec516b729f_1"><br><br><div><span \
class="gmail_quote">On 6/13/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Vlad Blanton</b> <<a \
href="mailto:vblanton@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return \
top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">vblanton@gmail.com </a>> \
wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, \
204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex">On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 02:48 \
-0400, Steve Tose wrote:<br>><br>><br> > On 4/17/07, Sebastian Kügler \
<<a href="mailto:sebas@kde.org" target="_blank" onclick="return \
top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">sebas@kde.org</a>> \
wrote:<br>> Let's think about \
having a party! <br>><br>> For \
the KDE 4.0 release, Google kindly invites the KDE \
<br>> community to \
celebrate<br>> this release at \
their Googleplex in Mountainview, \
California.<br>><br>> This \
offers us increased press coverage, spot-on where \
the<br>> industry is. \
<br>><br>> My question: Who \
would like to work on making this \
release<br>> party happening \
in<br>> close cooperation with \
Google? Since I'm in Europe, \
it's<br>> probably easiest if \
<br>> someone from the US (or in \
any case, nearer by than me) \
could<br>> take this \
on.<br>> I'm happy with \
providing assistance whereever I can, \
of<br>> course.<br>><br> \
> My personal idea of the release \
party is that we'd have those \
<br>> parties all \
over<br>> the world, maybe a bit \
like the Mozilla 1.0 thing. \
Whereever<br>> people \
are,<br>> there could be release \
parties for KDE 4.0. We'd coordinate<br>
> this event in \
a<br>> global fashion then. For \
the US/NA party, we could \
invite<br>> industry, press \
and<br>> obviously community \
people, making this a high-profile event.<br> >
<br>> So, who's in for an \
exciting job this summer? :-)<br><br>Sounds like a good idea, I'm \
in. I think this is a good project to get<br>started once the discover kde \
project is up and at least semi-final. It <br>also gives us more incentive \
to quicken the pace on discover kde.<br><br>If this is going to be a world-wide \
thing, then there will be need for a<br>central website and I would be happy to help \
out on that front.<br> <br>
btw, I'm located in Massachusetts, USA. 1.5 hours from \
Boston/Cambridge<br>area.<br><br>Vlad<br><br>> \
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sebas<br>><br>> <a \
href="http://www.kde.org" target="_blank" onclick="return \
top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://www.kde.org</a> | <a \
href="http://vizZzion.org" target="_blank" onclick="return \
top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://vizZzion.org</a> | GPG Key \
ID: 9119<br>> \
0EF9<br>> - - - - - - - - - - - - \
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-<br>> - - - - - - \
-<br>> Give a man a fire and \
he's warm for the day. Set fire to him \
<br>> and he's warm \
for<br>> the rest of his \
life<br>><br>><br>><br>> \
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<br>><br>> Has there been any more progress on this? It seems like it is \
a<br>> fantastic opportunity for KDE. Many responders were from Europe, \
like<br>> you, and that is an issue though.<br>><br>> I am on the East Coast \
and New York would be a lot easier for me, but <br>> CA is no big deal either. I \
haven't responded because I figured this<br>> would be an event for a veteran \
kde-promo person. But I have some<br>> entry-level experience in Merchandising and \
Marketing. I'll talk about <br>> it if anyone's interested, or do grunt \
work because I'm more local<br>> than others. I think some stuff I did on \
gwenview will be on<br>> kde-appmonth next month and sincerely want to contribute \
sommething to <br>> help kde in some way. Sorry I haven't been involved, \
I've been reading<br>> the list if that counts...<br>> \
Steve<br>><br>> ps I've staffed booths for Cambridge SoundWorks at many \
marketing <br>> events, run sales trainings for consumer IT products, helped \
provide<br>> an intel/hp sales training ebent for multiple retail stores(Best \
Buy,<br>> Microcenter, Circuit City etc. attended) but party planning is a lot \
<br>> of work...not volunteering yet<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> \
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