Op donderdag 17-12-2009 om 12:33 uur [tijdzone +0000], schreef Christopher Swift: > As for popey's and Jan's responses to the issue, yes it may seem > like the request is huge and completely unneccessary however with > around 300 discs, we will only be catering for 1% of the attendees of > the event and I'm sure as anything hoping that we can at least get an > extra 50 community members out of the 300 or so people that we manage > to talk to regarding Ubuntu and eventually help by giving them a > professional looking disc.
Most of the discs ubuntu-be distributes are CD-Rs we burn ourselves, as in the past asking for the real amount of discs we needed was never approved. We also have an urn for contributions[*] at most events, which in many but not all places provides us with enough money to pay for the booth & CD-Rs (occasionally we get up to twice the booth cost in gifts!). Don't worry too much about discs "looking professional", but rather emphasize that it's legal to copy Ubuntu unlimitedly--distributing CD-Rs sort of proves your point on that. [*] visitor: "Can we get a free CD?" - we: "Yes, but of course we always appreciate contributions to our costs" - don't be surprised if some people donate up to 5, 10 or even 20 €. So: *Don't be shy to ask for gifts!* -- Jan Claeys -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
