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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] What next? (promo in usa)
From:       Sebastian =?utf-8?q?K=C3=BCgler?= <sebas () kde ! org>
Date:       2009-02-26 1:16:12
Message-ID: 200902260216.12858.sebas () kde ! org
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Good work at SCaLE :)

On Tuesday 24 February 2009 23:53:44 Ian Reinhart Geiser wrote:
> 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.

Claudia is keeping an event calendar, sync with her about those so we get them 
in one place and can coordinate better.

> > > 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.

Speaking at events is a good way to reach many people with relatively little 
manpower. Most events I know are very welcoming talks about KDE4, we got 
interesting things to show, and it's all very visual and not too abstract, 
that makes good "fun" talks.

> 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.

I think being visible is key to building a stronger community. Doing events is 
a good way to get to know people that might become part of the community. 
Also, just encouraging existing people in the community who are near you to 
come along usually works well, I've seen many who wouldn't have thought that 
they're welcome without being explicitely invited.

As to donations, we're currently widening the supporting membership programme  
for individuals. That means donating could well happen in the form of a 
membership (basically costs you 100 euro-bucks / year).

> > > 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.

Creating a budget makes it easy for the KDE e.V. to support these activities, 
so yeah ... good idea.

> > > 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.

During the board meeting, we are planning for a boothbox light, something that 
can easily be carried and sent around, and that has a bit of demo stuff to do 
a basic booth. Also, we do have budget for such things. Two things are 
important when looking at that:

- the sooner we (KDE e.V.), the better, makes our financial planning easier
- increasing visibility of KDE in N-A is very important for us

So ... let's rock :)
-- 
sebas

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