Hi,
This is a long note, but I hope it's worth it...
I'm happy to report that very soon Sun will have some new goodies to
send off to OpenSolaris User Groups. Stuff like a cool new t-shirt,
laptop stickers, OpenSolaris 2008.11 CDs and some mini-books too. In
addition to that, we'll be able to provide a bit of support for your
meetings - if you are interested - $100 Visa gift cards to help defray
the cost of food and beverage, and maybe even a speaker for your
meetings once in a while.
Regarding that cool new t-shirt I mentioned. It's even cooler 'cos you
get to personalize it for your OSUG. Basically, we'd like it to say
something like "XXOSUG Member", but it is up to you. It'll be printed
on the left sleeve. It just needs to be a maximum of 3.75" wide by 4"
tall. It can be smaller than that if you like. If you want your shirts
personalized for your OSUG, you need to get us all of the information
below no later than December 15, 2009. After that, we'll still have
goodies, but you will no longer be able to get the personalized t-shirts.
Please send the following information to osug-kits at sun.com and we'll
fulfill your request as soon as we can:
- total number of members
- t-shirt breakdown (should match the number of members):
- # of men's small shirts
- # of men's medium shirts
- # of men's large shirts
- # of men's extra-large shirts
- # of men's extra-large TALL shirts
- # of men's extra-extra-large shirts
- # of women's small shirts
- # of women's medium shirts
- # of women's large shirts
- # of women's extra-large shirts
- address to ship the goodies to including a postal code & phone number
- image/artwork for personalized sleeve
Only one person per OSUG should submit the info. Please be sure to
provide us with an address that will be good for a few months, as we
plan to send you stuff as it becomes available, so you are likely to
receive more than one shipment. Also, whoever receives the shipments
should also join osug-leaders at opensolaris.org. That's the place where
you'll find ongoing information about support for user groups and such.
You can also share ideas with other OSUG leads.
Just so you know, new groups formed since the last batch of goodies was
shipped last Spring will take priority, but we plan to have enough for
all groups. We'll do our best to provide the sizes you request, but we
may need to make some adjustments based on what we have in stock. We
also plan to have a minimum order - we just haven't determined the exact
number yet. So, if you have a small group, don't be surprised if you
get a few more items than you requested. You'll be ready for the
newcomers this way!
You can also contact us at osug-kits at sun.com if you are interested in a
speaker for your meeting. Let us know the topic you are interested in
and the approximate date of your meeting. We won't be able to fulfill
all of these requests, but we'll do our best to make sure the really
active groups get some support.
Oh, and don't be surprised if you don't get a response from me. There
are a few of us working on this together - Jim Grisanzio, Aaron Houston,
Shaoting Duan, Mark DeHart, Roman Strobl, Fang Li and me. Any one of us
might respond to your request.
That's it for now,
Teresa
