On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Nat Tuck wrote:
> I think the objective is to get the groups to hold the events, and not
> nessisarily to get it between the set dates.
Yup. For Phoenix we're actually hosting events just about all month long.
It would have been better to do them all the same day, but we didn't have
time to organize something like that. Also we're cheating by counting our
two monthly meetings as LDD events :).
Next time we'll put much more effort into doing something on the official
day or Deepak's gonna let the air out of my motorcycle tires ;-).
> (Note: Here's another reason to set a single day next year, people who
> can't do it then just won't, they'll do it when they can do it)
I think next time around it will be easier to set a definite day, though
I'm more in favor of a weekend or week. It would also be nice to work with
similar events such as the Linuxbierwanderung or even the normal monthly
installfests that some LUGs run.
The key is to get the word out in a positive manner of our choosing.
On the other hand, buying a mailing list and spamming people as mentioned
in the original mail is a bad idea. I don't know anything about the press
outside of Germany or the US, but imagine one can get some coverage in
most places.
One thing that should work for us (it did when we got Eric Raymond to talk
for us, 450 people on a week's notice :) is letting other user groups
know. I don't mail the user group directly, that's spam and some members
of PLUG recently had a major fit when someone else did that to us.
Instead, I mail steering committee or whatever address they give out
publicly and ask them to pass it on if it they find it appropriate. That
usually works pretty good. If I can't find a contact address for the
group, I'll usually mail someone I know in the group (I know someone in
most of the groups :) and ask the same thing. If all else fails I try the
webmaster (hasn't gotten that bad yet). No yahoo India :(. If there's
something similar try to get them to cover it in their news section :).
ciao,
der.hans
> As for "care packages", I've gotten boxes from SuSE, Caldera,
> LinuxCentral, and someone sending out a lot of Applix CDs, but it
> doesn't look to actualy be applix.
>
> -Nat Tuck
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>
> On 6 Sep, phantom wrote:
> > <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
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> > This brings up a good question.
> > <p>My group, Orange County LUG, southern California, has finally gotten
> > use of a local chain of computer stores, PC Club. We were able
> > to get ahold of the president, and he authorized us to use his stores.
> > We picked one closest to our meeting place, the PC Club in Anaheim
> > CA.
> > <br>But the president suggested (insisted) that we do our demo on Saturday
> > the 11th, instead of Sunday the 12th, because we would get better exposure.
> > <p>I am not sure if we could reschedule it to the 18th at this point,
> > and I am unable to help that day anyway, so we are holding our demo on
> > the 11th. So we are in a sense stretching the "Demo Day" the
> > other way... As long as we keep to the "spirit" of the demo, it should
> > be okay, right?
> > <p>Also, regarding the sponsors, does anyone know which sponsors have sent
> > out care packages yet?<br>
> > (Are we allowed to mention them in this list?) We have received a
> > package from one sponsor so far, I believe it is the one that other
> > LUGs mentioned (a lot of slightly outdated distro CDs, a Tshirt here and
> > there, pamphlets, catalogs...)
> > <p>Thanks,
> > <p>Matt M.
> > <br>LinuxKnight
> > <p>Orange County Linux Users Group
> > <br>www.oclug.org
> > <br>
> > <br>
> > <p>Raju Mathur wrote:
> > <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hi,
> > <p>For various reasons we are unable to hold LDD in New Delhi, India
> > <br>during the week of 12th-18th. However we can do it on Sunday,
> > the
> > <br>19th September. Is this an absolute no-no, or is that little
> > bit of
> > <br>flexibility available for local LUG's?
> > <p>If this sounds OK, we'll also probably have to fudge the dates on our
> > <br>press releases to read 12th-19th September instead of 12th-18th
> > <br>September.
> > <p>We're planning a full-fledged open seminar (2 identical half-day
> > <br>sessions, morning and afternoon). Also need some tips on how
> > to get
> > <br>corporates into the venue without spending tons of money on
> > <br>advertising or buying a mailing list database from an ad company.
> > <p>Regards,
> > <p>-- Raju (OldMonk to Kara)
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> > Matt M
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