[Cialug] Ames LUG Flyer

[Don Ellis]

I concur.

BTW, a Mexican restaurant in St. Louis (S. St Louis County) has adopted the
BSD logo and has it incorporated in their sign out front. Maybe I'll try to
get there in the daytime and post a photo.

--Don Ellis
(lurker in St. Louis)


On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Scott Prader <sprader at iastate.edu> wrote:

> I like the flyer.  I can't see how there could be any confusion with the
> inclusion of the BSD logo, since anyone that works in the field should be
> aware of BSDs existence and important role in the world today with or
> without a biased view.  I think my only bit would be making a grammatical
> change from "Yeah, we do too" to "Yeah, we do, too".
>
> -Scott
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Josh More <MoreJ at alliancetechnologies.net>wrote:
>
>> Who is your audience?  How will you be getting these flyers out?
>>
>> I've noticed that many nonprofit groups (including, alas, this one) tend
>> to operate with an assumption that creating a flyer magically makes
>> attendance come from nowhere.  While this is somewhat successful on
>> campuses, if you're wanting to draw outside of the Iowa State crowd, you
>> might want a more specific plan.
>>
>> One thing to consider if you want to attract a more mainstream audience is
>> that the BSD logo is likely to be misinterpreted.  Also "open source" is
>> still something of a niche term.  It might be a good idea to get into the
>> details of the benefits of open source and free software instead of assuming
>> that the audience will understand your intent.
>>
>> If you want to just focus on the IA State crowd, this is probably fine.
>>
>> -Josh More, CISSP, GIAC-GSLC, GIAC-GCIH, RHCE, NCLP
>> morej at alliancetechnologies.net
>> 515-245-7701
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [cialug-bounces at cialug.org] on behalf of
>> Michael Standfest [michael at standfest.org]
>> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 16:35
>> To: cialug at cialug.org
>> Subject: [Cialug] Ames LUG Flyer
>>
>> I put a basic flyer together for our meetings.  Take a look at it and
>> tell me what you think.
>>
>> http://www.ameslug.org/sites/default/files/AmesLUGFlyer.pdf
>>
>> Of course, the time is wrong on the flyer for our next meeting (7:30p
>> instead of 8p).  I can always edit it and re-post it if you like it.
>>
>> Rev. Fr. Michael Standfest, W0NXM
>> Vice President
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