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Subject:    [kde-promo] Community (Was:Re: Re: Curry tonight (sprint attendees))
From:       Stuart Jarvis <jarvis () kde ! org>
Date:       2011-05-07 14:50:31
Message-ID: 201105071550.31906.jarvis () kde ! org
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Hey,

On Saturday 07 May 2011 15:41:11 Carl Symons wrote:
> On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 5:43 AM, Stuart Jarvis <jarvis@kde.org> wrote:
> > It's at Kohinoor at 8pm:
> I appreciate the little glimpses of what's happening at the Sprint.
> With this one, I imagine mango lassi, good food, and great
> conversations.

Hehe, I hope so :-) Just a shame we're missing you and some other peeps.
 
> There was a show at Western Washington University yesterday where I
> organized the Bellingham LUG participation. It's an event that we
> helped get started several years ago. My netbook with KDE was a hot
> topic. Especially the students were quite drawn to the appearance and
> operation (no window decorations ++good).

Cool, we're at the point now where our stuff does indeed look cool. People 
often ask me if I'm running a mac or something.

> The CIO of WWU came by as the event was organized by the Student Help
> Center that's part of his organization. He told us that the technology
> was interesting, and that students, in particular CompSci and
> ElectEng, are drawn to F/OSS technology. Then he said something that
> is pertinent to KDE promotion and marketing...F/OSS is interesting,
> and has produced some excellent technology, but the main thing that we
> should be talking to WWU students about is the _community aspect of
> F/OSS_. It's not readily available elsewhere, and is what he and his
> WWU colleagues find most compelling about F/OSS.

Yep, absolutely. We were in fact discussing the website today and trying to 
put that more in the centre (among other things). I think we are heading the 
right way, but we should do some more of that.

So, how do we do it? 

Cheers,
Stu

-- 
Stuart Jarvis
KDE Marketing Working Group, Promotion Team and KDE.News

Experience Freedom with KDE
http://www.kde.org/
 
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