[FOSE] FOSE 2007 Begins
David A. Cafaro
dac at cafaro.net
Mon Feb 12 16:53:12 EST 2007
Excellent! Thank you Igor, that's very helpful. Soon as I get some
confirmed times from the FOSE people I'll updated and/or correct the
wiki.
A lot of the info is still good, I'll go through and update things as I
find them out.
Thank you again for setting this up, and let me know soon as you can
confirm the backdrop.
Cheers,
David
On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 13:16 -0800, Igor Birman wrote:
> I supplied the backdrop last year and I should be able to borrow it
> again this year.
>
> I also run the wiki that we have been using. The url is:
>
> http://www.cyberigor.com/fose/
>
> The password to update the pages is "fose2005". I updated it for 2007
> but don't know if everything is right - feel free to edit at will.
>
> Igor
>
> "David A. Cafaro" <dac at cafaro.net> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I wanted to take this time to let you all know that once again
> Tux.org
> will have a booth at FOSE this year (March 19-22nd,
> www.fose.com). I'm
> taking care of making arrangements for our presence this year,
> and
> wanted to get the ball rolling. I plan on updating the website
> this
> week with links to FOSE and some more information about our
> presence
> there, but I'm looking for some assistance with a couple of
> other tasks.
> Our booth number is 1063 and we are located in the rear of the
> show
> across from the radio booth. We have a corner booth this year
> which is
> nice.
>
> There are a few things we could use to help maintain our
> professional
> look at the show, and I was hoping some of you could assist in
> tracking
> them down. So here goes:
>
> 1. Live/Install DVD/CDs - I'm looking for someone who is
> willing to
> contact and try to arrange free DVD/CDs for us to give away at
> the
> booth. Last year we had a large number of Ubuntu and OpenSUSE
> disks,
> and it would be great to have those again. The only catch is
> they need
> to be Free (as in cost) distributions only. If you can
> download the
> exact same version online for free then it's good to go. We
> are dealing
> with Gov't types and their could be issues with anything that
> has a
> substantial monetary value to it (Like giving away free RHEL
> or SUSE
> Enterprise, etc..). Distros I'd like to see would be Ubuntu,
> OpenSUSE
> and Fedora Core. Live versions would be best.
>
> 2. Backboard - Last year we had a very professional backboard
> display,
> and I can't remember who provided that, sorry. If you are
> still on the
> list, and have access to it that would be great if you were
> willing to
> loan it again. If not, does anyone else have access to
> something
> similar? I'll see if I can find some pictures of what I'm
> talking
> about.
>
> 3. Demo Computers - Last year Dell loaned us some computers to
> use to
> demo SUSE Linux on. I'd like to do something similar this year
> as well.
> I've got a contact for Dell who I'll be getting in touch with,
> but I'm
> open to other hardware as well. I do request that it be new
> and glitzy
> (or at least fast), I think that would impress the most.
>
> 4. Load in Volunteers - I'll need help getting all this
> equipment in
> and setup the day before the show. We learned last year that
> we pretty
> much have to hand carry everything in our selves. The load in
> union
> will not allow us to use carts to bring in our own stuff. We
> have to
> carry it from the upstairs to the show floor. We are most
> likely going
> to have several thousand issues of Magazines and hopefully
> lots of free
> disks to carry besides the demo computers and backboard. Six
> or more
> volunteers for this would be great. This will most likely be
> on Monday
> March 19th, still waiting on exact times.
>
> 5. Show volunteers - Last year we had great support through
> those who
> volunteered to staff the booth during the show. I'm hoping we
> can get
> the same turn out this year. I'm hoping to have at least three
> people
> at all times during the show. Here are the hours:
>
> Tuesday March 20th: 9am - 4:30pm
> Wednesday March 21st: 9am -4:30pm
> Thursday March 22nd: 9am - 6:00pm (pack up afternoon)
>
> I'm hoping we can get a twiki setup like last year for people
> to sign
> up. Until then you can volunteer by just responding to this
> email.
>
> We are already in contact with Linux Journal and Linux
> Magazine (thanks
> Pete!) to arrange for magazines to giveaway.
>
> Anyone else have any ideas, or willing to take the lead on
> anything I've
> mentioned here?
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
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> David A. Cafaro , RHCE
> Systems Analyst, Georgetown University ARC
> Board of Directors, Tux.org Inc.
>
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