There may be something coming up to do with: http://documentfreedom.org/2011/
Granted it's getting pretty close to 11.04. The other option is printing out a brochure and maybe attaching the cd to it, and standing in a mall/busy area or something and just handing them out, if I could grab a couple/10 as I would be willing to have a few at my local library along with a brochure to people aren't completely clueless about what they do :) Speaking of which, will you help me with it :D On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 1:00 AM, Jared Norris <jrnor...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 29 January 2011 22:19, George Patterson <george.patter...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > At the risk of becoming a +1... > > > > Well done Jared. While I had put my name down for helping to set up, I > > was whisked away by Pia Waugh's flood clean up work party. (which was > > very productive). > > > > For those that didn't/couldn't make it, I'll paint a word snippet > > picture. After the conference desk, you see the Ubuntu-Au table. So a > > prime position. From the LCA organiser's point of view, it's better to > > put something that is a public name. > > > > The next LCA is in Ballarat so we'll have to figure out what do do there. > > > > Regards > > > > > > George > > > > On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 7:20 PM, James Beake <jamesbe...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hear, hear. couldn't agree more. Great job Jared! > >> Cary, you will be pleased to know that your "sales pitch" to my daughter > had > >> a positive affect and on the way out she whispers to me, " Ok dad, I'll > let > >> you install kubuntu on my Mac....as long as I can still boot the mac > os". A > >> small win but a win none the less. > >> Look forward to catching up soon. > >> James (bejames) > >> > >> On 29 January 2011 18:14, Cary Bielenberg <c...@bielenberg.id.au> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Well Jared what a wonderful job! It was organised & executed perfectly > >>> with plenty of people & media/goodies. The quality of posters etc was > >>> excellent too:-) I believe the Ubuntu spot if not the best it was up > there. > >>> > >>> > >>> Good work mate! > >>> > >>> Cary AKA caryb > >>> > >>> On 26/01/11 22:11, Jared Norris wrote: > >>> > >>> Good evening Ubuntu-AU'ers, > >>> > >>> I hope those of you at LCA2011 are enjoying yourselves (I definitely > >>> am - if you're at the conference and want to catch up shoot me an > >>> email - jrnor...@gmail.com or head_victim on IRC). I'm sorry about the > >>> lack of information about the Open Day changes but there has been very > >>> little to go on until now. The official website at > >>> http://conf.linux.org.au/programme/open_day has just now been updated > >>> with the new details. It is all still going ahead as previously > >>> planned except the location is now at the new venue of QUT Kelvin > >>> Grove in the QUT refectory in C Block (see > >>> http://www.qut.edu.au/about/location/pdf/kelvingrove_map_colour.pdf > >>> for a campus map). > >>> > >>> From experience of this week there should be reasonable amounts of > >>> parking and if you're not sure where to park I would recommend "F > >>> Block". It's a multi level car park and only costs $6.00 for the whole > >>> day. It's only a short walk (unfortunately uphill to get there but at > >>> least at the end of the day it will be downhill) to get to C Block. > >>> > >>> If you can please add yourself to the roster at > >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/LCA2011Brisbane if you can come > >>> and help out. I have also added a note to the details on > >>> http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/587/detail/ so if you can also > >>> indicate if you can attend (or not!). This isn't just for LCA2011 > >>> attendees, this is an Open Day for EVERYONE in the area that is > >>> interested in anything Linux related. There will be lots of groups > >>> involved showcasing lots of projects. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> > >>> Jared Norris > >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. > >>> - Sir Winston Churchill > >>> > >>> -- > >>> ubuntu-au mailing list > >>> ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> ubuntu-au mailing list > >> ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > >> > >> > > > > -- > > ubuntu-au mailing list > > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > > > Thank you all for your kind words, I would love to take credit for the > day but it was a true team effort. We had a great mixture Canonical > staff organising stuff & helping out on the day and Loco team members > helping out as well. For those who weren't there the Ubuntu Release > Manager (Kate Stewart) and the Ubuntu Hardware Enablement Kernel Team > Manager (Hugh Blemings) both assisted the team on the stand and both > became the unofficial documenters for the day, there are pictures to > come! > > I plan on doing a proper write up for the website and the Ubuntu > Newsletter in the coming week so I'm sorry this is a bit brief. I will > also be doing a write up on the wiki about what worked and what didn't > so that in future we can all draw on each other's experience to > improve our efforts over time. > > One thing I did want to mention that due to a combination of the > location change within a week of the event and some confusion over > some ordering we do still have an abundant supply of Ubuntu 10.10 32 > Bit Desktop CDs. If anyone has any ideas how we can make good use of > these (I think having them sit around until 11.04 comes out is a bit > of a waste) I am all ears and will even chip in any reasonable postage > costs. I would prefer to not be sending them out individually as this > will get expensive quickly as we are talking about a couple of hundred > CDs. > > Regards, > > Jared Norris > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au >
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