[hblug] Software Freedom Day: Ideas

[james]

Ive got 20 discs I can get to Chris, but no cases to go with them.
James

Daniel Faulknor wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Software Freedom Day is Saturday 16 September
>
> First Thing:
> First thing i need to know to make plans is who is available, and when 
> you are available.
> We will be looking to cover: Napier, Taradale, Hastings (and maybe 
> Havelock - not sure about that one)
> Maybe splitting the day into morning and afternoon would be a good 
> approach. One area in the morning (ie Napier/Taradale & Hastings) and 
> the other in the afternoon.
> This all depends on how many people are available, and when etc.
>
> Other Things:
> The plan is to hand out ubuntu leaflets with a "business card" in them 
> with a way for people to contact someone about ubuntu. Are there any 
> people who would be happy to volunteer to have their name and phone 
> number printed on some of the cards (im going to be on some, but some 
> other people would be good, to share the job a bit).
>
> Also it was suggested to me maybe we could buy a pack of baloons and 
> put ubuntu stickers on them. If we encounter any families the children 
> would get the baloons and the adults would get a leaflet. This would 
> give us a way to draw attention to ourselves.
>
> Do we want to give out just Ubuntu cds or do we want to look at 
> Kubuntu and Edubuntu as well? - Edubuntu is aimed at 
> teachers/edutational institutions.
> With Ubuntu/Kubuntu, would we really only want to give out kubuntu if 
> the person we were giving it to knew what it was, or do we want to 
> give them out randomly? (keep in mind at the moment we have very 
> limited numbers of Kubuntu cds)
>
>
> Finally, does anyone else have any other suggestions for things we 
> could do on the day?
>
>
> Sorry for the long message,
> Daniel
>
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