[FOSE] FOSE Updates and Wiki Updated

[Nick Danger]

Remember who you are marketing to, and remember that you are in fact 
marketing. Very few people are going to come up and go "how do I 
configure OpenLDAP syncing?" or "Should I use MySQL or Postrgress?" The 
booth isn't a help desk. You are going to see hundreds of mid level and 
upper level management, and they are going to ask "What can Linux do for 
me? What can Tux.Org do for me?" I admit you will get some deep techie 
questions, we always do.

After having done this for more then a few years, I can tell you without 
hesitation, the person in tie, or the person in the matching polo shirt 
gets the questions. The more off 'uniform' you look, the more you look 
like a patron of the booth and not someone working there. Now maybe 
thats your schtick and you haven't worn anything but an Open Source 
TShirt since 1995. Well, good for you. And maybe thats the best thing to 
wear at a Usenex conference (running a booth or not). It is not the best 
thing to wear at a government expo where you are trying to convince 
people that OpenSource can run their operations better then any closed 
source solution. When you are in the booth you should be trying to do 
the best job you can for Tux.Org.

All I'm saying is, consider your audience and think about what you are 
there to accomplish.

Alan McConnell wrote:
> According to David A. Cafaro:
>   
>> Feel free to get it in black.  I actually have the black one, I should
>> update the description on the wiki.  Sorry about that.  You don't have
>> to buy one, it just makes us look more professional to the audience if
>> we all match.  If that is to much, or goes against your principles, you
>> can go buy any black or putty colored polo shirt you think would match
>> the rest.  It's just about looking professional to a professional
>> audience. 
>>     
> 	Whoa!  what is "professional" about wearing livery?  I just
> 	sent David C private E-mail reminding him that I had signed up
> 	for Tues and Wed morning a month ago.  But if there is going
> 	to be some kind of dress code, count me out.
>
> Alan, who has been a professional academic and a professional businessman
> and has -never_ had to observe any kind of a dress code
>
>