On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Weinberg <[email protected]> writes: > > Russell> I thought of this last year, when it was of course too late. > Russell> I think this would be a fantastic way of getting exposure to > Russell> lots of people who don't already know about us. There is a > Russell> $250 entry fee and we'd need some kind of float or display or > Russell> uniforms or something. The deadline for entry is March 6. > Russell> If we want to do this (and, I think it's a fantastic > Russell> opportunity for publicizing our mission), we should start > Russell> talking about how, now. > > Michael> The entry fee is pretty reasonable, but the float would make > Michael> of break it. I think if we do it, we better do it cool, not > Michael> just marching with a banner. Does anyone have a truck that > Michael> could pull our float (or maybe just be the float)? Should it > Michael> be bicycle powered? I think we could put together something > Michael> pretty cool, lets start putting some ideas down on > Michael> paper/wiki. > > Leaving some of the technical issues aside for a moment, just to get > the creative juices flowing, here's one idea: > > a Statue of Liberty, but with a Linksys WRT instead of a torch and a > laptop instead of a tablet or book or whatever she is holding. > Either out of paper mache or by painting a properly-draped person > head-to-toe in a copper-patina.
Since light is very important for these, maybe a projector (or two) that display messages from around Portland to parade viewers. Messages would be submitted via twitter and/or a special form at PTP nodes (and filtered for family friendliness). Also, some sort of message spelled out in lights would be very important. -- Michael Weinberg President Personal Telco Project, Inc. A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ The Personal Telco Project - http://www.personaltelco.net/ Donate to PTP: http://www.personaltelco.net/donate Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.portland.general/ Etiquette: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MailingListEtiquette List information: http://lists.personaltelco.net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
