Re: Public Contact Opportunity

[mike <troll@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Saturday at 10:00 at the fairgrounds (Hazel Gray Bldg), I'll be there
or wherever the plan staging area is- please provide details

-Mike List



Ryan Matteson wrote:
> 
> I am just curious are they selling computer parts there?? Or is
> it an auction or something similar? Let me know....Depending on
> if I have to work I might be able to bring my box as long as no
> modifications are made to it...for showing people what Linux has
> to offer I have 3 Nice WM's installed they would like (KDE,
> Afterstep, Windowmaker, MWM) It all depends on my work schedule
> though....Let me know
> 
> Ryan
> 
> Robert G. Brown wrote:
> >
> > Fellow Klugites -
> >       We have an agreement with the owner of "Super Computer Sales"; we placed
> > a link to his website on our links page, and he provides us with space for
> > literature, and a table, time and space permitting.
> >
> >       This Saturday there is a sale at the county fairgrounds, which is a
> > PRIMO opportunity to make contact with some of the people most likely to be
> > interested in Linux. Not only can we place flyers about our group (and the
> > upcoming installfest) on a literature table, but if we can have a table, we
> > can answer questions live and in-person.  With the growing interest in Linux
> > that we've seen in recent weeks, there should be a lot of questions, and it
> > might encourage people if we could put in an appearence, with some real live
> > Linux users. [!!]
> >
> >        To do this, we need some volunteers to stand a ta table and answer
> > general questions about Linux, and generally encourage people to look at
> > our web site, look at our flyers, consider our installfest, but most of all,
> > to think seriously about Linux as an operating system that will help THEM.
> >
> >        The show runs from 10:00AM to 3:00 PM, and it's not reasonable to expect
> > anyone to stay at the table for the whole time. There's no requirement that
> > we have people there the ENTIRE time, but it would be nice to get a few people
> > willing to put in an hour or two. I will contribute a couple of hours, a 15'
> > monitor and my wunnerful easel. I will also make final arrangements with the
> > show owner, and print up some flyers as designed by Rick Knowlton and Adam
> > Williams.  If someone can bring a linux machine it would be WONDERFUL, bit it's
> > not nessesary.
> >
> >                                                             Regards,
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> 
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