[NBLUG/talk] [nbs@sonic.net: [vox-announce] Linux Demo in Davis, March 15th, 2003]

Roger House rhouse at sonic.net
Mon Mar 3 14:29:00 PST 2003


What about in front of Fiesta Market in Sebastopol?  There is a lot of foot
traffic, and it's sheltered in case of rain.  Also Fiesta seems to be into
supporting the local community.

Roger House
rhouse at sonic.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Wagner" <chrisw at pacaids.com>
To: <talk at nblug.org>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 2:20 PM
Subject: RE: [NBLUG/talk] [nbs at sonic.net: [vox-announce] Linux Demo in
Davis, March 15th, 2003]


> I don't know if I'd have the time to help plan the event, I possibly would
> be able to show up and help with the event.  I'm willing to help out with
> flyers (design and printing) and might even be able to put together a
> computer for NBLUG to borrow and use for the demo.
>
> If it's going to be outside, I recommend doing it in May or June because
the
> general climate will be nicer then, people will be more willing to stand
> around outside and fuss with computers.
>
> I don't think O'Reilly gets enough foot-traffic from customers to really
> justify a demo booth during business hours.  They're definitely a good
> company and seem pretty willing to support Linux, but the lack of
> foot-traffic would be a killer.  Bill made a good point in saying that
> people who show up specifically for the demo, probably know most of what
> we're demoing (although they're most certainly welcome!!! :) ).  SRJC and
> SSU may be good ideas if we can get a heavily trafficked spot with an
> electrical outlet (we'd have to check semester start/end dates).
Attention
> span would be short, however, because many people are on their way to
> classes, we should stay put for at least 3-4 hours to make sure people
that
> want to come back and look, get a chance.  I don't know how Santa Rosa
> Community Market would respond..  They might be amicable to the idea, I
get
> the feeling they're pretty nice people.
>
> The Santa Rosa Plaza or Coddingtown might be a good place to set-up shop,
> it's got the foot traffic, but I wonder if they'd be amenable to the idea
of
> letting us demo Linux without us having to pay for a spot (esp. with
> electrical).   (Uh, hi, Mr. Simon?  Don't you hate it when your M$ Office
> crashes every 2 hours? .... Yeah, well I did too, let me tell you how I
> solved my problem!) :)
>
> Anyway, that's my 50 cents. :)
>
> - Christopher Wagner
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>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: talk-admin at nblug.org [mailto:talk-admin at nblug.org]On Behalf Of
> Eric Eisenhart
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 12:57 PM
> To: talk at nblug.org
> Subject: Re: [NBLUG/talk] [nbs at sonic.net: [vox-announce] Linux Demo in
> Davis, March 15th, 2003]
>
> <snip>
> I think the demo day would need:
> a) at least 2 people to actually be there.
> b) at least 1 computer running Linux
> c) a location
> d) a time
> e) some way to set up the computer, such as a small table.  possibly also
>    chairs.
> f) power for the computer (battery's doable if it's a short event)
> g) a coordinator to arrange all these things.
> h) an announcement on the nblug.org website and to announce at nblug.org
> i) some PR out to other places, possibly with printed flyers...
>
> We could try doing the first one in the same location and at the same time
> as the next InstallFest...  Even cooler if they'd let us drag a table out
in
> front and hang a sign or something, so random passers by would see it.
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