Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner
On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:22:28 +0100 Sean Miller wrote: > Think "Flag not Banner"... :-) > > Then you can get somebody to march around with the flag raised high > when you're collecting people and then, when enough are present to be > a "group", you stick it in the ground and fly it proudly above the > assembled masses. > > Seems to work well enough in Rock Festivals amongst 150,000 people so > I'm sure it'd work fine too in a relatively sparsely populated Hyde > Park :-) > Have we got anywhere with this idea? As I’m sure I saw something about Locos receiving a banner (along with other promo stuff). If this is the case, anybody know what it looks like and can we make a copy or two? -- Steve Cook (Yorvyk) http://lubuntu.net -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner
Think "Flag not Banner"... :-) Then you can get somebody to march around with the flag raised high when you're collecting people and then, when enough are present to be a "group", you stick it in the ground and fly it proudly above the assembled masses. Seems to work well enough in Rock Festivals amongst 150,000 people so I'm sure it'd work fine too in a relatively sparsely populated Hyde Park :-) Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner
On 11/08/10 00:13, Hugh Wren wrote: > tied to it? > I would have thought some PVC piping and some elastic would work quite well. > > regards, > HughW > ah yes, push fit plumbing fittings, that might work quite well and is easy to make to any size. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner
On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 00:13 +0100, Hugh Wren wrote: > >> Anyone got a bright idea on how to get or make a frame for one of > >> these things? > > >Couple of lumps of wood in a bucket full of concrete with the banner cable > tied to it? > > I would have thought some PVC piping and some elastic would work quite well. I believe tent pegs and some lengths of cord is the answer. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner
>> Anyone got a bright idea on how to get or make a frame for one of >> these things? >Couple of lumps of wood in a bucket full of concrete with the banner cable tied to it? I would have thought some PVC piping and some elastic would work quite well. regards, HughW -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner
On 10/08/10 23:41, Alan Bell wrote: > From what I can see the banner itself really doesn't cost much, £23 for > a 2ft x 5ft banner seems more than reasonable, the trouble is that just > gets you a floppy bit of vinyl, it needs a frame with elastic dohickys > to pull it all out. Frames seem to cost> £100 and are quite big (hence > needing a bigger banner) which puts it above my impulse buy threshold > and I can't quite figure out how the size of the frame relates to the > size of the banner (mixing imperial and metric for a start). How thick is the vinyl? The banner we had was probably about 1mm thick (maybe ever so slightly less) but it had rings around it so it could be cable tied up to things like railings or a fence. Okay that might not help if you've got nothing to cable tie it to. > > Anyone got a bright idea on how to get or make a frame for one of these > things? Couple of lumps of wood in a bucket full of concrete with the banner cable tied to it? (Sorry engineering isn't my strong point). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner
On 10/08/10 23:19, Joe O'Dell wrote: >> If somebody organises an event out side London how’s a banner going to get >> to them? > Through connections (i.e. meeting up with someone else involved in Ubuntu > UK), at other events or by collection (or via post?) > There is always a way. If the banner is anything like the for the LUG I'm in the (about 1 metre high by 3 metres wide I believe) rolled up it doesn't take up that much space and it isn't overly heavy so I guess it wouldn't cost much for a courier. Saying that the banner we had done was about £50 ish, so maybe if a few of us in areas club together maybe we could raise the money to get a couple of more banners? (That is assuming Canonical can't help with supplying a banner, or some funds towards a banner). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner
>From what I can see the banner itself really doesn't cost much, £23 for a 2ft x 5ft banner seems more than reasonable, the trouble is that just gets you a floppy bit of vinyl, it needs a frame with elastic dohickys to pull it all out. Frames seem to cost > £100 and are quite big (hence needing a bigger banner) which puts it above my impulse buy threshold and I can't quite figure out how the size of the frame relates to the size of the banner (mixing imperial and metric for a start). Anyone got a bright idea on how to get or make a frame for one of these things? Alan. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner
> How many of these are there going to be and who’s going to store them? I believe that Laura Czajkowski is looking at something like this for all LoCos, and I assume that there would be one per LoCo (they are pretty expensive to print). > If somebody organises an event out side London how’s a banner going to get to > them? Through connections (i.e. meeting up with someone else involved in Ubuntu UK), at other events or by collection (or via post?) There is always a way. --- Joe O'Dell GreenerClassrooms Project Co-Ordinator http://www.greenerclassrooms.org.uk Fedora Ambassador & Contributor (FreeMedia) http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ascenseur bedsLUG Co-Ordinator beds.lug.org.uk DFEY Member (SouthEast) dfey.org On 10 Aug 2010, at 23:16, Yorvyk wrote: > On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:26:42 +0100 > Joe O'Dell wrote: > >> Is it possible to have a Ubuntu UK Community Event Banner? >>> Suppose you had the banner on Sunday. What would you have done with it? >> >> We would have stuck it in the ground with some super-handy tent pegs near >> the group, and then it would have been easily visible from the pathway and >> road. >> >> > I just had visions of it on a couple of poles with you stood underneath it > praying that the wind didn’t get up. > Next question (or two). > > > > -- > Steve Cook (Yorvyk) > > http://lubuntu.net > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner
On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:26:42 +0100 Joe O'Dell wrote: > > >> > >> Is it possible to have a Ubuntu UK Community Event Banner? > >> > > Suppose you had the banner on Sunday. What would you have done with it? > > We would have stuck it in the ground with some super-handy tent pegs near the > group, and then it would have been easily visible from the pathway and road. > > I just had visions of it on a couple of poles with you stood underneath it praying that the wind didn’t get up. Next question (or two). How many of these are there going to be and who’s going to store them? If somebody organises an event out side London how’s a banner going to get to them? -- Steve Cook (Yorvyk) http://lubuntu.net -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner
On Tue, 2010-08-10 at 22:24 +0100, Yorvyk wrote: > On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:22:00 +0100 > Joe O'Dell wrote: > > > > > > Is it possible to have a Ubuntu UK Community Event Banner? > > > Suppose you had the banner on Sunday. What would you have done with it? Joe would have walked up and down Speakers Corner with it meaning that I (and others) would have found him faster than we did :-) Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner
>> >> Is it possible to have a Ubuntu UK Community Event Banner? >> > Suppose you had the banner on Sunday. What would you have done with it? We would have stuck it in the ground with some super-handy tent pegs near the group, and then it would have been easily visible from the pathway and road. --- Joe O'Dell GreenerClassrooms Project Co-Ordinator http://www.greenerclassrooms.org.uk Fedora Ambassador & Contributor (FreeMedia) http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ascenseur bedsLUG Co-Ordinator beds.lug.org.uk DFEY Member (SouthEast) dfey.org On 10 Aug 2010, at 22:24, Yorvyk wrote: > On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:22:00 +0100 > Joe O'Dell wrote: > > > > -- > Steve Cook (Yorvyk) > > http://lubuntu.net > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner
On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:22:00 +0100 Joe O'Dell wrote: > > Is it possible to have a Ubuntu UK Community Event Banner? > Suppose you had the banner on Sunday. What would you have done with it? -- Steve Cook (Yorvyk) http://lubuntu.net -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner
On 10/08/10 21:22, Joe O'Dell wrote: > Hello All, > > After the confusion regarding location at the GeekNic on Sunday, I > thought it would be wise to raise this point; > > *Is it possible to have a Ubuntu UK Community Event Banner?* > > **It would most likely just be a rather large banner stating "Ubuntu UK > - Local Community Event" or similar (include hashtag/twitter/website?). > Perhaps an (AlanBell Shirt!) Aubergine colour for the font too? I think this is a great idea. Our local LUG has a banner, although sadly we haven't done too many events, but we did find that having an LUG banner got one or two people off the street going into the events, maybe because they'd heard of Linux. I'm sure an Ubuntu banner would do the same if not more, or at least make people think "What is this Ubuntu thing?". > > I am, at very best, a junior designer, and as such am quite frankly > shocking when it comes to things like this. I think it would be nice, > however, to have all the ideas submitted to a pool. > Ahh I'm just as bad, I put together our LUG banner with the help of a logo from another LUG member but it wasn't that great. Maybe something colourful (new Ubuntu Logo, maybe even some of the Ubuntu purple background on there?) would stand out? > The wiki page for the creation of the banner is at > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/EventsBanner > Great I'll have a look. > Get Designing Peeps! I'll leave that to someone a little more experienced :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner
Hello All, After the confusion regarding location at the GeekNic on Sunday, I thought it would be wise to raise this point; Is it possible to have a Ubuntu UK Community Event Banner? It would most likely just be a rather large banner stating "Ubuntu UK - Local Community Event" or similar (include hashtag/twitter/website?). Perhaps an (AlanBell Shirt!) Aubergine colour for the font too? I am, at very best, a junior designer, and as such am quite frankly shocking when it comes to things like this. I think it would be nice, however, to have all the ideas submitted to a pool. The wiki page for the creation of the banner is at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/EventsBanner Get Designing Peeps! Joe --- Joe O'Dell GreenerClassrooms Project Co-Ordinator http://www.greenerclassrooms.org.uk Fedora Ambassador & Contributor (FreeMedia) http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ascenseur bedsLUG Co-Ordinator beds.lug.org.uk DFEY Member (SouthEast) dfey.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
