[Cialug] software freedom day

Barry Von Ahsen barry at vonahsen.com
Thu Jul 22 15:23:45 CDT 2010


yes
yes
possibly, we'll definitely have flyers
interesting idea, I know a couple of the st. vitus girls...
nothing, nobody was motivated enough


-barry



j.bengtson at mchsi.com wrote:
> What's the game plan?  Hand out Linux CDs?  Have PCs running various versions of Linux that passers-by can actually try out?  Banners?  Dancing Girls?  What did you do last year?
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Barry Von Ahsen 
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group 
> Sent: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:54:22 -0500 (CDT)
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] software freedom day
> 
> Barry Von Ahsen wrote:
>> we're registered for software freedom day again, this year we'll 
>> actually do something :\  the date is sept 18 - the iowa/iowa state game 
>> is sept 11, so there may be a little more traffic than other years.
>>
>> I talked to the folks at java joe's about the 4th street theater - they 
>> said that 'vendors' in that space cost $15.  I'm not 100% sure what that 
>> means, but I haven't talked to them in detail yet (they were busy when I 
>> popped in) - I'm guessing that for $15 they give us a table to use, but 
>> I don't know how big, if there's power, if it's $15 per body, etc.
>>
>> I'll get more info, but that's my current plan, join me if you wish :). 
>>   this way, we may actually talk to someone who's not already in the group
> 
> replying to myself - I didn't fully flush my brain queue
> 
> dealing with the farmer's market may make it a little interesting - the 
> installfest route we've usually taken may not be feasible, but stuff is 
> generally so easy to install anymore, that shouldn't be an issue.  I'm 
> thinking more of doing demos and talking to folks - more evangelism this 
> year, convert the masses :)
> 
> 
> -barry
> 
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