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
