On 3/24/06, Mike C. Fletcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ian Darwin wrote: > > Jim Van Meggelen wrote: > >> Leif and I have some books to give away as well. Not sure how we > >> determine > >> who gets a copy. > >> . . . > While contests are pleasant, why not just advertise that the *next* TAUG > meeting will have these amazing prizes as door prizes (i.e. random > choice of whoever is in the room). That way we (as a community group) > get the participation that is our life blood :) . Of course, the donors > may have other desires, but it would seem more straightforward and > useful to me to use them to encourage TAUG membership.
At VON in San Jose, we just ended up giving away books randomly, and it seemed to work pretty good. If we got talking with someone who sounded truly interested in Asterisk, and didn't already have a copy of the book, we'd just say, "Here! Have a book!" People would happily walk away with it. We also had a stand in our booth that had a couple of copies with stickers that said "Display Copy Only" -- a bit of self promotion :) The business card idea is a good one (and a common one), but what do we really need business cards for really as a group? A mailing list for the businesses who donated money to help fund the booth -- I could see that as an acceptable reason to be mentioned / listed for the mailing list. I think the books should just be given away on an ad-hoc basis -- but I'm open to a majority rule :) -- Leif Madsen. http://www.leifmadsen.com http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/asterisk
