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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] What next? (promo in usa)
From:       Ian Reinhart Geiser <geiseri () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2009-02-24 22:53:44
Message-ID: 200902241453.44935.geiseri () yahoo ! com
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On Tuesday 24 February 2009 12:46:28 pm Dan Borne wrote:
> Am Dienstag 24 Februar 2009 08.55.11 schrieb Ian Reinhart Geiser:
> > On Tuesday 24 February 2009 06:01:48 am A. L. Spehr wrote:
> > > (What I was actually going to add to that last one: scale went well, \
> > > so now what?)
> > 
> > We get some sleep :D
> > 
> > > I see several shows on here, and several were handing me flyers and
> > > asking for speakers, etc.
> > 
> > I am going to volunteer to speak at SELF in June.  I think it would \
> > also make sense to have a booth there too.  Since these are on weekends \
> > I think I can help on a few of them without sucking too much work time \
> > up.  I also should give a talk at Ohio Linux Festival.  To be honest I \
> > think I am going to stick in this hemisphere for a while seeing if we \
> > can drum up a bigger community.
> 
> I would offer to go to these events and help, all providing. I know I
> volunteered to do something at Ontario Linux Fest, but than again, I \
> might be going to uni 6km away at that time. All of us here in the \
> Americas should stick here.. there are more Germans, Dutchmen and whatnot \
> to take our places.
I guess well just have to hype Kamp KDE then :)

> 
> There was an email yesterday about Northwest Linux Fest on 25,26 April
> 2009, which I should like and attempt to attend.
I will be taking the banner back tomorrow to get reprinted.  Ideally this \
can  go without a problem.  I also think by then we can have those two \
computers  for keeps.  This means all we would have to do for each \
conference is rent  monitors.

> 
> > > What/where do we concentrate? What show next? Is anyone putting these
> > > on a datebook or something?
> 
> I think we should be trying to do as many 'nix related trade-shows as
> possible; the next one afaik is Northwest Linuxfest.  I recall Aaron
> Johnson saying he tried to get it put on the KDE Promo site but he was
> unsucessful, albeit I am not sure what that meant.  They are on my
> calenders!
Well does it make sense to have a few of the same group up there?  I think \
the  only thing I would like to have before that point would be more stuff \
to hand  out.  We blew through the stickers pretty fast, as well as the few \
shirts we  had.

> 
> > I guess part of me thinks we only have the resources for divide and
> > conquer approach.  Personally I thought we had  a great team assembled \
> > at SCALE. We were organized professional. I think the comment was that \
> > we "where like the apple store only less creepy"   Between Devon IT and \
> > Qt Software we had an awesome demo to show.  I also have unofficial \
> > word that we can get the two demo machines on a permanent basis.
> 
> I think that would be wonderful, it sure looks allot better than our
> laptops missing keys, with donkeys having to plug in all of the \
> indiviudal cables ;) I see no reason why this could not be repeated at \
> other events except that all of us were in rather poor œconomic \
> conditions and I am not sure how much the eV would like to pay to send us \
> around, I of course would not mind.
> 
Yes, this is really the rub, and maybe we can procure some donations 
specifically for this purpose.  I think we had a total cost of transit and 
lodging that was about $1k... so if we could get a company to donate about \
$5k  to the cause that might get us to a trade show every two months here.  \
Since  most of these are on weekends I think we will have an easier time \
making it  happen.  I think the most important thing here is to see what \
KDE gets from  this investment in having a professional appearance at these \
trade shows. I  was impressed with how many people knew about us and \
supported us, but I would  like to see more of them form communities.

> > So I think for a next step is I would look at what we spent on SCALE \
> > and see if it makes sense to create a budget for a few other regional \
> > events. 
> > What are others opinions?
> 
> I think that is what we should be doing, maybe get some sort of booth-box
> going, which is something of which I know we spoke at SCALEx7
Well once the banner is redone, and I have the pcs secured I think we are \
off  to a great start.  The final step will be to have it in a container of \
some  sort that can be used to ship around the country.  I would also like \
to have a  more of an idea of how we can solicit donations so that we can \
try to cash flow  at least the merchandise costs.

-ian reinhart geiser
 
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