Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld
On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 08:41:38AM +0100, Gary Kearley wrote: Hi folks, Great day out yesterday at LinuxWorld. It was good to meet some of you, even if it was quite briefly, it seemed rather busy there and the booths were pretty cramped. It was indeed a top couple of days. My legs ache from standing up all day, and my throat hurts from all that talking. We had loads of people come by to ask technical questions, request CDs, or shoot the breeze. I for one will definately want to do this again. Thanks must go to Nik for organising a great stand. We were without doubt the busiest in the area. This isn't just me saying that - it was noted by members of the GLLUG stand too :) http://beerandspeech.org/index.php?/archives/292-Day-Two-of-the-Linux-Expo.html Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld
Alan Pope wrote: On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 08:41:38AM +0100, Gary Kearley wrote: Hi folks, Great day out yesterday at LinuxWorld. It was good to meet some of you, even if it was quite briefly, it seemed rather busy there and the booths were pretty cramped. It was indeed a top couple of days. My legs ache from standing up all day, and my throat hurts from all that talking. We had loads of people come by to ask technical questions, request CDs, or shoot the breeze. I for one will definately want to do this again. Thanks must go to Nik for organising a great stand. We were without doubt the busiest in the area. This isn't just me saying that - it was noted by members of the GLLUG stand too :) http://beerandspeech.org/index.php?/archives/292-Day-Two-of-the-Linux-Expo.html Cheers, Al. Hear hear! and specific thanks to Nik for his work. It was a wonderful event, for Ubuntu certainly, and a lot of fun. And when I got home mostly exhausted, Edgy had been released for some hours already! No rest! I also had a long awaited chance to meet Alan Cox, so now he knows who the real one is :-) and I can sign my name without maybe causing so much confusion. -- alan cocks -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld
Hi folks, Great day out yesterday at LinuxWorld. It was good to meet some of you, even if it was quite briefly, it seemed rather busy there and the booths were pretty cramped. Sadly I had to make a move, as for the last few years I've suffered with what can only be described as agoraphobia, and the place was too cramped for me. I did however say hi to as many of you as I could, and I managed to say hi to Jono after his debate, sadly he did not offer me a job though. :-( Had a good day, and came away with a great quality ubuntu polo shirt, thanks Nik. A lot of thanks must go out to the team who assisted in any way with the event, as it was a great effort, well done. Regards, Gary signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld
On 26/10/06, Gary Kearley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great day out yesterday at LinuxWorld. A superb event. I look forward to it all year long. Good to see a large number stands offering Ubuntu disks - more square footage of Ubuntu than Novell. Any ideas as to how many CDs were given out? Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld
On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 21:53 +0100, Matthew Saunders wrote: On 26/10/06, Gary Kearley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great day out yesterday at LinuxWorld. A superb event. I look forward to it all year long. Good to see a large number stands offering Ubuntu disks - more square footage of Ubuntu than Novell. Any ideas as to how many CDs were given out? Matthew I'm really glad it went well and I'm really sorry that the lurgy stopped my attendence :( Caroline -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld Planning .ORG requirements.
Just a reminder from Brian Teeman who is the point of contact for the .ORG village for us. -- Promoting the Expo Can I remind you all that part of the deal in participating in the .Org Village is that you promote the Expo within your community. This can be in the form of a newsletter, emailshot, web site news item, web site banner. It specificaly does not look good when you have an event calendar on your site and you do NOT list that you will be at the expo. -- So can you all please let me know if and when you promote this to your Lugs. Also since we having the first UKTeam meet at the show I guess it would be nice to know if people comming to the show and the stand did so because they heard about it through the LUGS. Thanks again Nik -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld Planning .ORG requirements.
On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 09:03:11AM +0100, nik wrote: Just a reminder from Brian Teeman who is the point of contact for the .ORG village for us. -- Promoting the Expo Can I remind you all that part of the deal in participating in the .Org Village is that you promote the Expo within your community. This can be in the form of a newsletter, emailshot, web site news item, web site banner. It specificaly does not look good when you have an event calendar on your site and you do NOT list that you will be at the expo. -- So can you all please let me know if and when you promote this to your Lugs. Added to http://hants.lug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UpcomingEvents Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September
On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 05:27:11PM +0100, Nik Butler wrote: More people have signed up to help out on the stand. You can expect me to be asking the commitment question next week to ensure we can start planning who will be where and if equipment will need to be moved and how we can start to plan that. I'll be there both days. I've not committed to anything else so will be available to stand around all day on stand. I have two laptops I could bring. One is a Dell monster thing which can show off 3D stuff like XGL, the other is a more modest HP laptop which can show that even low-ish-spec machines can run Ubuntu. I have a desktop PC on order (2x20 screens with 2 NVidia cards in SLI) but that would be a bitch to get to the show, unless some form of parking was possible? On the subject of Kubuntu/Ubuntu/Xubuntu, I dont mind installing kubuntu-desktop and xubuntu-desktop on my ubuntu laptop and logon 3 times to allow us to quickly switch between desktops for demos. The Ubuntu people have contacted me to confirm that the request for SHIP-IT CDs is confirmed. Ive requested 600 CDs with at least 400 as PC based and the remaining set broken down amongst 64bit and Mac versions. Expect people to bitch about the version you're giving out being way old man but I suspect you'll easily get rid of them. We got rid of 150 Ubuntu CDs in about an hour in central London on Software Freedom Day! I have also had the confirmation about the conference pack being sent through. Speaking of marketing . Id like to order up some Polo Shirts to wear on the day as well as Sell can I get a Commitment for at least an order of 20 , since I can get the price reduced on larger quantities and I can get 25 for £10.00 each so guess what .. if we can get an order in early we can sell the rest at the show and start putting our Ubuntu-UK team pot together. The lead time on the order is two weeks so the deadline for getting in orders is next week ! Where are you ordering them from? I'll gladly take a couple. Things im still waiting for suggestions/content/materials/confirmation of a good idea on ; keeping it simple theres just a couple of things: 1. Things to Show/Demo during the two days. So yes we can show the desktop and we can show it working with hardware thats a given but should we maybe plan to do some presentation, lighting talks or Ask the Ubenteros moments ? Edgy would be nice to show off. I already run it on one laptop, should be okay on the other. 2. Things to talk to people about on the day . Answer their questions. What do people ask? What is so good about Ubuntu? Why should I use Ubuntu and not Debian? Isn't Ubuntu evil because of foo? Didn't they break X recently? Just at a guess. Remember a lot of the people at LWE are already Linux geeks unlike joe-public in your average shopping centre. Other than CDs and Posters what topics do we all want to promote. How to get involved Shall we all head out for a Drink and a curry on the evening of the Set up ? Nothing to harsh for the evening but a good way to get to know faces and people and ideas before the show. Im sure they'll be another one after the event.. \o/ curry! Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September
Alan Pope wrote: On the subject of Kubuntu/Ubuntu/Xubuntu, I dont mind installing kubuntu-desktop and xubuntu-desktop on my ubuntu laptop and logon 3 times to allow us to quickly switch between desktops for demos. VMWare Player is your friend. I have images of Ubuntu and Kubuntu 6.06 (they're downloadable from cdimage.ubuntu.com), and hope to make some of Xubuntu Edgy. John -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September
Alan Pope wrote: On the subject of Kubuntu/Ubuntu/Xubuntu, I dont mind installing kubuntu-desktop and xubuntu-desktop on my ubuntu laptop and logon 3 times to allow us to quickly switch between desktops for demos. How does that work, Alan? Are you saying you run the other two desktops in parallel with the main one? How do you then switch? Ctrl-Alt-Fx etc.? Would be interested to see this in action... Sean -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September
--- Sean Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan Pope wrote: On the subject of Kubuntu/Ubuntu/Xubuntu, I dont mind installing kubuntu-desktop and xubuntu-desktop on my ubuntu laptop and logon 3 times to allow us to quickly switch between desktops for demos. How does that work, Alan? Are you saying you run the other two desktops in parallel with the main one? How do you then switch? Ctrl-Alt-Fx etc.? Would be interested to see this in action... Sean -- Yes, Sean, that's exactly how it works; as a bit of a desktop-wh*re I find it invaluable; you do need to sort out the screensavers on each desktop to stop it asking for passwords all the time and you'll have a job to get it working under ATI drivers, but it is glorious. Teh Chadster -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September
Chadwick Longstaff wrote: How does that work, Alan? Are you saying you run the other two desktops in parallel with the main one? How do you then switch? Ctrl-Alt-Fx etc.? Would be interested to see this in action... Fascinating... I must look into this further... if you bring your laptop configured thus to the LinuxWorld I shall be the fella looking on in envy... Sean -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September
On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 11:07:38AM +0100, Sean Miller wrote: Alan Pope wrote: On the subject of Kubuntu/Ubuntu/Xubuntu, I dont mind installing kubuntu-desktop and xubuntu-desktop on my ubuntu laptop and logon 3 times to allow us to quickly switch between desktops for demos. How does that work, Alan? Install all three, create three users so you're not logged in multiple times under the same ID. Then just change the session for each logon. To switch logon just press the Power button icon in the corner of the screen and click switch user. Are you saying you run the other two desktops in parallel with the main one? How do you then switch? Ctrl-Alt-Fx etc.? Yup, that's the badger. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
[ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 - Who Where When...
Hi, I'm planning to make the trip down to London from Essex to go to LinuxWorld, not sure what day to go, where ubuntu-uk will be in the halls and who will be there... Who else is going? ie how many ubuntu-uk people might I find down there? Does anyone have a hall/stand layout map? (or will this be done closer to the show) Will anyone have a charger which fits the HP nc4200 laptop? (I'm traveling by train and really do not want to bring the big lappy case) And what day is the best day to visit - I'll be traveling down just for one day and being a cheap-skate I'll be using a cheap day return, so arriving at Liverpool Street after 9.30am Thanks for any help/advice Gary (London Phobic) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 - Who Where When...
Hi Gary This might help https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/LinuxWorldLondon2006 Nik -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September
Nik Butler wrote: Afternoon all. So its been a quiet week on the list regarding the exhibition but that does not mean we have not been hammering away behind the scenes. First off thanks to Alan Helmore-Simpson and Paul Sladen for keeping the Ubuntu Tablet demo project moving forward. By now Paul should be in possession of the tablet so I will await his response. Ana, has suggested being able to help out with Videos and reporting for the day , is there anyone else whom wants to help on that side of the project ? More people have signed up to help out on the stand. You can expect me to be asking the commitment question next week to ensure we can start planning who will be where and if equipment will need to be moved and how we can start to plan that. The Ubuntu people have contacted me to confirm that the request for SHIP-IT CDs is confirmed. Ive requested 600 CDs with at least 400 as PC based and the remaining set broken down amongst 64bit and Mac versions. I have also had the confirmation about the conference pack being sent through. Speaking of marketing . Id like to order up some Polo Shirts to wear on the day as well as Sell can I get a Commitment for at least an order of 20 , since I can get the price reduced on larger quantities and I can get 25 for £10.00 I will commit to one, how do you want the money? each so guess what .. if we can get an order in early we can sell the rest at the show and start putting our Ubuntu-UK team pot together. The lead time on the order is two weeks so the deadline for getting in orders is next week ! Ive spoken to the Ubuntu marketing peeps and they will be contacting me next week to let us know if theres anything they are looking to focus on at the stand. Things im still waiting for suggestions/content/materials/confirmation of a good idea on ; keeping it simple theres just a couple of things: 1. Things to Show/Demo during the two days. So yes we can show the desktop and we can show it working with hardware thats a given but should we maybe plan to do some presentation, lighting talks or Ask the Ubenteros moments ? 2. Things to talk to people about on the day . Other than CDs and Posters what topics do we all want to promote. The Ubuntu Loco Team UK and its groups are a given here so why not build around that , and how ? Attending the previous two shows, I notice that most stands were the conventional layout of a stand with a distinct 'us' and 'you' layout, so that a passing visitor did not feel 'included' into the stand until they took the hurdle of getting right in. Ubuntu being what it is and its ethic, it would be great if there was some, even subtle way, of reducing any physical barrier to having a quick look or a quick word, from passing spectators. Obviously will depend on the actual layout etc. And our attitudes on the stand too. A recurring problem with newcomers and non experts is about wireless cards, including ndiswrapper. I am not at all an expert and have not yet had the courage or the resolution to try using it and its implications. Any newbie friendly demo etc would be most welcomed I think (including by me), leaflets, videos etc. Id like to ask you all to help with committing to hardware ( even the small stuff like cables and power bricks ) that will be available for the show and how it will get to the show and I will be asking for this prior to end of September. Im still waiting on comments from Brian about the stand dimensions , fascillities and access so we are still working to a rough note here. Thats all for now, thanks again to those of you whom have committed to helping out for the show your efforts are all much appreciatted. oh one more thing.. Shall we all head out for a Drink and a curry on the evening of the Set up ? Nothing to harsh for the evening but a good way to get to know faces and people and ideas before the show. Im sure they'll be another one after the event.. What are the chances of me finding a spare sofa in the area for the night/several nights I wonder? -- alan c -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September
Nik Butler wrote: [...] Things im still waiting for suggestions/content/materials/confirmation of a good idea on ; keeping it simple theres just a couple of things: 1. Things to Show/Demo during the two days. Ah - something I have thought of but do not know how to do yet, and might be useful at the show (?) also I would find it most useful at demonstrations at my local events too - to capture a snapshot of the repositor / ies onto CD to enable a psuedo online demo when no good internat connection is available. It would also be useful for install fests in venue which was not connected. -- alan c -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September
On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 17:27 +0100, Nik Butler wrote: Id like to order up some Polo Shirts to wear on the day as well as Sell can I get a Commitment for at least an order of 20 , since I can get the price reduced on larger quantities and I can get 25 for £10.00 each so guess what .. if we can get an order in early we can sell the rest at the show and start putting our Ubuntu-UK team pot together. The lead time on the order is two weeks so the deadline for getting in orders is next week ! I can't make it to LinuxWorld unfortunately as I'm only 15. But is there any chance of buying one of these t-shirts and you sending them to me? Thanks Andrew Gee -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September
From: Andrew Gee [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can't make it to LinuxWorld unfortunately as I'm only 15. But is there any chance of buying one of these t-shirts and you sending them to me? I will happily pick one up for you and send it to you. Send me a message off-list with your details. Alan. -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September
On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 17:27 +0100, Nik Butler wrote: Afternoon all. So its been a quiet week on the list regarding the exhibition but that does not mean we have not been hammering away behind the scenes. The Ubuntu people have contacted me to confirm that the request for SHIP-IT CDs is confirmed. Ive requested 600 CDs with at least 400 as PC based and the remaining set broken down amongst 64bit and Mac versions. I have also had the confirmation about the conference pack being sent through. Speaking of marketing . Id like to order up some Polo Shirts to wear on the day as well as Sell can I get a Commitment for at least an order of 20 , since I can get the price reduced on larger quantities and I can get 25 for £10.00 each so guess what .. if we can get an order in early we can sell the rest at the show and start putting our Ubuntu-UK team pot together. The lead time on the order is two weeks so the deadline for getting in orders is next week ! Get some kubuntu and edubuntu. We should have machines running all three (well four including xubuntu) if we can. Kubuntu looks nice and has some fabulous apps including Amarok. I reckon Amarok could be a killer app for us as it is clearly better than itunes (and itunes sets the standard for media players in windows). 1. Things to Show/Demo during the two days. So yes we can show the desktop and we can show it working with hardware thats a given but should we maybe plan to do some presentation, lighting talks or Ask the Ubenteros moments ? 2. Things to talk to people about on the day . Other than CDs and Posters what topics do we all want to promote. The Ubuntu Loco Team UK and its groups are a given here so why not build around that , and how ? I've been looking at language packs and comparing our support with UK community languages. We don't do very well currently :( I'll finish off that bit of research and post it to the list. In an ideal world we'd want edubuntu in bengali etc but our translations aren't there yet.. Id like to ask you all to help with committing to hardware ( even the small stuff like cables and power bricks ) that will be available for the show and how it will get to the show and I will be asking for this prior to end of September. Im still waiting on comments from Brian about the stand dimensions , fascillities and access so we are still working to a rough note here. Thats all for now, thanks again to those of you whom have committed to helping out for the show your efforts are all much appreciatted. I can do all of Wednesday and most of Thursday (College starts at 6pm in New Cross so would have to leave early) oh one more thing.. Shall we all head out for a Drink and a curry on the evening of the Set up ? Nothing to harsh for the evening but a good way to get to know faces and people and ideas before the show. Im sure they'll be another one after the event.. Why not :) Thanks for reading .. have a good one, now its time to see if Gilmore Girls has started its new season ! Caroline -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld planning - Update 14th Sept.
I could possibly do some video/pictures ... depending on how i manage my time to find and recharge the necessary batteries etc. might not have necessary facilities to get the stuff from camera to hard drive tho ... ana [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll do some picture taking, but I dont have a website or blog to upload them. Also I've got a big HP Laserjet printer although it's only bw, so if needed I can print out loads of handouts maybe? As for interviewing visitors are we going to have some sort of short questionnaire we could ask people to fill out? I was thinking for the postcard idea that ASDA do 6x4 prints for 10p each if you buy a lot, but it doesnt matter what you get developed, it doesnt have to be a photo. - Original Message - From: nik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, September 14, 2006 9:03 am Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld planning - Update 14th Sept. To: British Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Since I wont get a chance to post this over the weekend, here is your end of week update, 1: Thank You to Adam Bagnall, Alan Pope, Alan Helmore-Simpson,Stuart Parkington and Ashley Hooper whom have all volunteered to aid in Setup and Attendance. We believe Jono Bacon may even make an appearance! 2: What is still required : Since I dont know how much or little space or how much power or how much room or how much parking or how much of how much we can expect Im going to assume that we will have space for at least one 4x2 table so ... More people to help with Assembling the Booth ( I imagine 4 people helping out would be a benefit ) Being on the Booth ( we need at least 3 People each day , minimum. ) Disassembling the Booth ( I imagine 4 people helping out would be a benefit ) Writting blogs, taking pictures and interviewing visitors ( Some one , or two , to do this please ) I'll write a note to the LUGMasters pointing back to the wiki and asking for any other input. 3: Materials Ive heard back from Marilze Coetzee regarding the Conference Pack and the 400PC,10064bit and 50Mac Ubuntu3: CDs, they are all being processed. Jono has pointed out that we should look to raise funds for Ubuntu UK to help pay for other promotional material and I dont want to open a can of worms on this topic other than to say Ive got some monies promised and Im asking some of my own clients if they want to donate to help kick this off. However this particular topic is consistently a can of worms so please lets not have a debate about it! If done well we can reuse these funds and materials ( urgh stock control ! ) to use on other stands. We have a list of things that are required on the days and I want to turn this into a list of what will appear , who own it, what it will do and what it requires. We also have a few suggestions on marketing and promotional stuff which breaks down into two areas 1 ) Stuff we hand out or sell as promotional materials :- Badges, Pins, Polo Shirts, Bags etc. 2 ) Stuff we generate for ongoing case study and historic benefit :- Pictures, Reports, Reviews, Case Studies. I may have misunderstood the intent but the post card idea to me sounded excellent especially since we can ( with permission ) use the images and studies to help promote Ubuntu , Volunteers and professionals. 4: Daily Content Any suggestion on this ? How about a Guru Point where people can book ahead on the Wiki before turning up on the day and book a space and a time to speak to a Guru ( can we have some Gurus please ? ) . We could run 4 of those at least over the two days. anyother ideas ? 5: Where and How to contribute on the planning https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/LinuxWorldLondon2006 is the whiteboard page for ideas and thoughts and contributions https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/LinuxWorldLondon2006Planning is the Agenda and page for actual commitments and confirmed stuff. 6: Again , thanks. For taking time to read and respond to this . Nik Butler -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk -- --- http://anap.co.nr -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld planning - Update 14th Sept.
Since I wont get a chance to post this over the weekend, here is your end of week update, 1: Thank You to Adam Bagnall, Alan Pope, Alan Helmore-Simpson,Stuart Parkington and Ashley Hooper whom have all volunteered to aid in Setup and Attendance. We believe Jono Bacon may even make an appearance! 2: What is still required : Since I dont know how much or little space or how much power or how much room or how much parking or how much of how much we can expect Im going to assume that we will have space for at least one 4x2 table so ... More people to help with Assembling the Booth ( I imagine 4 people helping out would be a benefit ) Being on the Booth ( we need at least 3 People each day , minimum. ) Disassembling the Booth ( I imagine 4 people helping out would be a benefit ) Writting blogs, taking pictures and interviewing visitors ( Some one , or two , to do this please ) I'll write a note to the LUGMasters pointing back to the wiki and asking for any other input. 3: Materials Ive heard back from Marilze Coetzee regarding the Conference Pack and the 400PC,10064bit and 50Mac Ubuntu3: CDs, they are all being processed. Jono has pointed out that we should look to raise funds for Ubuntu UK to help pay for other promotional material and I dont want to open a can of worms on this topic other than to say Ive got some monies promised and Im asking some of my own clients if they want to donate to help kick this off. However this particular topic is consistently a can of worms so please lets not have a debate about it! If done well we can reuse these funds and materials ( urgh stock control ! ) to use on other stands. We have a list of things that are required on the days and I want to turn this into a list of what will appear , who own it, what it will do and what it requires. We also have a few suggestions on marketing and promotional stuff which breaks down into two areas 1 ) Stuff we hand out or sell as promotional materials :- Badges, Pins, Polo Shirts, Bags etc. 2 ) Stuff we generate for ongoing case study and historic benefit :- Pictures, Reports, Reviews, Case Studies. I may have misunderstood the intent but the post card idea to me sounded excellent especially since we can ( with permission ) use the images and studies to help promote Ubuntu , Volunteers and professionals. 4: Daily Content Any suggestion on this ? How about a Guru Point where people can book ahead on the Wiki before turning up on the day and book a space and a time to speak to a Guru ( can we have some Gurus please ? ) . We could run 4 of those at least over the two days. anyother ideas ? 5: Where and How to contribute on the planning https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/LinuxWorldLondon2006 is the whiteboard page for ideas and thoughts and contributions https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/LinuxWorldLondon2006Planning is the Agenda and page for actual commitments and confirmed stuff. 6: Again , thanks. For taking time to read and respond to this . Nik Butler -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld planning - Update 14th Sept.
I'll do some picture taking, but I dont have a website or blog to upload them. Also I've got a big HP Laserjet printer although it's only bw, so if needed I can print out loads of handouts maybe? As for interviewing visitors are we going to have some sort of short questionnaire I have a friend who's company has a very high quality colour laser printer, I am pretty sure he will be happy to let me print out a bunch of hand-outs at cost price, and I am happy to meet that myself. Jan Vancura, over on ubuntu-marketing has provided me with some collateral, we can use, and offered help putting together anything else we need - thanks Jan. I will try to distil the requirements from the list and the planning page and circulate a list over the weekend. I also have a bunch of webspace at an ISP you could probably use, I will make enquiries and again meet the cost if there is any. Alan. -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld planning page
On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 00:34 +0100, Jono Bacon wrote: I have created a page at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/LinuxWorldLondon2006 to help organise the booth. If everyone who is interested can keep that page up to date, that would be great. :) Ok, updated with my info. I can probably do all day both days if required. Do you have anything in particular in mind for leaflets? I know Nik and the Sussex LUG guys have done some leaflets for their computer fair stands. I'm also helping Simon Morris do one for SFD this Saturday in London. Obviously the leaflets need to be ubuntu-centric rather than generic free-software ones. People at LinuxWorld are more likely to be FLOSS-aware than your average Joe in the street I guess. So they really need to push the benefits of Ubuntu the product and the community around it? Problem is my experience of shows is that people get bombarded with carrier bags, leaflets, CDs and so on. How much do they read? What do you need to do to make yours stand out? Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld planning page
use the boot to gather in people and get them involved after the event. id also suggest not leaving it to the spill checker ! boot should be booth ! NIk -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld planning page
If it is useful ( and I can get some help lugging it up ) I have the following : suitable for running as servers for the day ! 2 x Compaq ML370 Servers ( bloody heavy ) 1 x Compaq DL380 Server ( as above ) 1 x Compaq 36U Server Rack Cabinet 1 x Dell Optiplex GX60 , 15 Lcd Screen, keyboard and mouse .. -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
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nik wrote: William Anderson wrote: nik wrote: use the boot to gather in people and get them involved after the event. id also suggest not leaving it to the spill checker ! boot should be booth ! Booth person: Would you like to peruse the enlightened wares of Ubuntu? Show attendee: E, not really, I'm a Windows XP Home user! Booth person: *boot to the head* Actually thats a bloody excellent point.. Knowing how to ask good open ended and clear questions in order to engage people in useful conversations is a something which I keep promising to address. Neil Simmons taught me all I ever wanted to know about sales and selling and many of his tricks I try to employ when on the Stands at worthing promoting our LUG. Its really important to avoid closed and one answer questions, such as: Have you heard of Ubuntu ? Do you use Ubuntu ? Heard of Linux ? Do you use Windows ? All of the above just lead to one word answers. What is useful is if we ask questions that reveal the reasons for people being at the show and their reasons for wandering close to the Booth. Acknowledging their replies and listening to keywords which can provide opportunities to open the conversation and direct people to consider Ubuntu is the end result but getting there is a interesting experience. So , at the risk of asking a some closed question. Do we have anyone here who has had some training or is working in a sales type role ? All good points. I am not a professional sales person at all. I would personally avoid them. At my local computer fairs I have a table with some large print A4 format laminated information about 'Linux', 'Open Source', 'Thunderbird', 'Firefox', with a few coloured Logos showing, and Ubuntu/KUbuntu CD packs, (also other less professional looking CD iso burns) and Ubuntu stickers, With a day-glo Tux 'fun' flag at the top of an obviously and deliberately makeshift bamboo post, to catch attention. The clients are mostly all using windows. The ones who slow down and look (or even linger longer) seem mostly to have vaguely heard of open source in some way, but are still largely committed windows users. I do not get face-on , but maybe a bit sideways on, partly doing something else... After they have looked briefly I will usually say something like 'Do you use any Open Source (at all)?' in a slightly matter of fact manner (a big smile helps too). Timing can be important. Quite often the answer is a direct lead into a conversation about anything from Firefox or security (windows) or real (Linux) issues like what is all this (display table) about? The events are repeated monthly (if I am available) and I noticed that people come back, an doften they ask if I will be ther next time too. For example, I noticed someone took a Kubuntu CD pack after their third visit. Although at the LinuxWorld event we can assume a linux and FOSS awareness, so it may be more to do with Ubuntu benefits, which include the energy, ethic, and community. I suspect a Ubuntu presence at Linux World will be as much about credibility and community as anything else. -- alan c -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
[ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld planning page
Hi all, Sorry for breaking up the thread, but I figured this will make it more obvious to those who have volunteered to help the booth at LinuxWorld. I have created a page at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/LinuxWorldLondon2006 to help organise the booth. If everyone who is interested can keep that page up to date, that would be great. :) Jono -- Jono Bacon Ubuntu Community Manager jono(at)ubuntu(dot)com www.ubuntu.com / www.jonobacon.org -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
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quote who=Paul Sladen date=Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 03:20:26PM +0100 This brings me to the second point; we can hopefully get the Ubuntu community along, but beyond that there's a large overlap between the Ubunties and Debianites. Last year at the Expo we had two mega-stands: Debian/Emdebian/Linux-ARM cabal and a GNOME/KDE/Xorg/FreeDesktop.org one. £ It would be handy to at least have the Ubuntu/Debian stands adjacent. Also don't know what Jonathan wants to do about Kubuntu... jr: any ideas? We have a long history of sharing space with the both Debian and GNOME booths. If the folks at this Debian expo are also OK with it, we can work something out. It's really up to them. One idea that has worked in the past is selling CDs (including Ubuntu CDs) for something nominal like £1 to keep people from walking off with them and never using them and then donating that to the volunteer project that spared us the booth. For the last few years, Debian has had the biggest stand (measuring by the constant crowd in front of it); ...this year I can quite believe it might have that crown stolen ;-) Unless of course, there is a joint stand in which case it will be *massive*. :) Regards, Mako -- Benjamin Mako Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
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On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 01:30:19AM +0100, john levin wrote: Jonathan Riddell wrote: On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 03:20:26PM +0100, Paul Sladen wrote: It would be handy to at least have the Ubuntu/Debian stands adjacent. Also don't know what Jonathan wants to do about Kubuntu... jr: any ideas? Alas I won't be there. Jonathan Can you get Kubuntu cds to us? We can distribute them. Can also have a laptop demoing it. Any spare Kubuntu CDs will be going from here (Malaga, KDE conference) to London for the expo, but I doubt there will be many since I've almost run out. Jonathan -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
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On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 03:35:16PM +0100, Jane Silber wrote: [..] If Canonical provides some free stuff, are there enough community people who will man the stand for us? I'd be available for one day. Any standards one has to live up to in order to be help out? /M -- Magnus Therning(OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://therning.org/magnus Software is not manufactured, it is something you write and publish. Keep Europe free from software patents, we do not want censorship by patent law on written works. Dizzyclaimer: If you believe this is in any way, shape, or form actual official information or opinion, then you are probably as confused if not more so than I am... I think... pgpOKvHXvFQNi.pgp Description: PGP signature -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
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Jane, Happy to help out if required. Like Magnus may only be able to do one day, but would love to promote the distro. Sean -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
