[GLLUG] Next public software advocacy event

[L Inbody]

OOPS,

http://www.orangeslicecomputing.com/

My 5 minute attempt to put something up and a typo.

Les

On 9/20/07, L Inbody <linbody at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Nick,
>
> Great suggestions, especially the Marriott idea.  I could not attend
> either due to my military duties....
>
> I have quite a few points with the Marriott chain and would be willing to
> give some up for a free room for that event if we could pack a couple (or
> few) people in!
>
> As a free movement, we have to start from the people, we don't have the
> resources to compete with Vist*.  This will be a ground up campaign for a
> lot of years to go.
>
> If you all want a room, let me know VERY soon because the rooms will fill
> up very fast if they are not already filled up.  BTW, you will be considered
> as platinum members....free snack and water when you check in. (for whoever
> I put the room name in) (reserve a twin queen room, suck it up and bring
> cots!)  I love hijacking M.S. events!
>
> Although I am still on active duty, www.ordnancemarine.com is developed
> with nvu and oranceslicecomputing.com is now online.  Orangeslice.com is a
> future project for when I retire.  My daughter picked the name out from open
> source.......
>
> Geek family!
>
> Les
>
> On 9/19/07, Nicholas Kwiatkowski <kwiatk27 at msu.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Although I was unable to attend the recent SFD, I would like to make
> > some
> > suggestions:
> >
> > -  Setup the event where there is LOTS of foot-traffic.  It doesn't
> > matter
> > how much advertisement that you are doing, the people who would go out
> > of
> > their way to the event are those who already know what Linux is.  While
> > you
> > may have to sacrifice an optimal location, the people you need to reach
> > are
> > those that aren't expecting to go to the event.
> >
> >         - See if the local CompUSA or Circuit City would lend you their
> > training space for the event...  See if you can go around the location
> > while
> > people are shopping and interest them.
> >         - Set up a booth on a game day on Campus.  This idea may need to
> >
> > wait until next year as you will start running into flying snow.
> >         - Different malls allow for non-profits to setup a temporary
> > booth
> > for an afternoon, if you ask the right way...  Again, all it takes is
> > for
> > somebody curious to walk by and ask a question.
> >         - Hijack a Microsoft event.  Microsoft / Cisco / Nortel etc.,
> > all
> > have seminars around Lansing.  Find out when they are and get a room
> > near
> > theirs, or again, a booth to talk to the people who go to these
> > seminars.
> > For example, Cisco has an all day event at the Henry Center on Colins
> > and
> > Forest roads next week.  Microsoft has a larger 'Software Licensing
> > Update'
> > seminar at the Marriott in EL the first week in November.  With these,
> > you
> > already have a captive audience that is looking to either (a) spend
> > money or
> > (b) reduce the amount they are spending on these products.
> >
> > - Marketing the event.  Again, see if you can get into some of the
> > community news papers, or have some of the local ISPs (ACD, arialink,
> > etc)
> > send out emails to their user bases.  See if some of the local computer
> > shops (digilink, KTC, etc) would help you spread the word.  See if some
> > local tech companies (TechSmith or LiquidWeb) would help out
> > too...  Lots of
> > these guys may even help you with some sort of coupon to help drive
> > their
> > business.  You need to pick a date and location now, and just get the
> > flyers
> > out, and work backwards from there.
> >
> > Hope some of these suggestions help!  I would love to see this event a
> > smashing success :)
> >
> > -Nick Kwiatkowski
> > MSU Telecom Systems, P&E Group
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux-user-bounces at egr.msu.edu [mailto:
> > linux-user-bounces at egr.msu.edu]
> > On Behalf Of Clay Dowling
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 1:58 PM
> > To: linux-user at egr.msu.edu
> > Subject: [GLLUG] Next public software advocacy event
> >
> > I know we're still licking our wounds from Software Freedom Day (or
> > coming
> > down--it might have been a bust but it was still fun), but I think that
> > it's time to start planning the next advocacy event.  If we really rush
> > and work our contact lists we might be able to have something by mid
> > November.
> >
> > Mid November is really a good time, because a lot of people look at
> > upgrading family computers over the holidays.  If we can show them free
> > software, we can help them stretch their computer dollar further.
> > Likewise, mid to late January is a good time to catch them because
> > there's
> > a new machine and they are looking for software.
> >
> > I won't be there to spur the discussion this Thursday, because it's my
> > birthday and I'll be have Eduardo's beef with my wife.
> >
> > Clay
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