Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-09-02 Thread Yorvyk
On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:22:28 +0100 Sean Miller wrote: > Think "Flag not Banner"... :-) > > Then you can get somebody to march around with the flag raised high > when you're collecting people and then, when enough are present to be > a "group", you stick it in the ground and fly it proudly above

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-11 Thread Sean Miller
Think "Flag not Banner"... :-) Then you can get somebody to march around with the flag raised high when you're collecting people and then, when enough are present to be a "group", you stick it in the ground and fly it proudly above the assembled masses. Seems to work well enough in Rock Festivals

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-11 Thread Alan Bell
On 11/08/10 00:13, Hugh Wren wrote: > tied to it? > I would have thought some PVC piping and some elastic would work quite well. > > regards, > HughW > ah yes, push fit plumbing fittings, that might work quite well and is easy to make to any size. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-11 Thread Norman Silverstone
On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 00:13 +0100, Hugh Wren wrote: > >> Anyone got a bright idea on how to get or make a frame for one of > >> these things? > > >Couple of lumps of wood in a bucket full of concrete with the banner cable > tied to it? > > I would have thought some PVC piping and some elastic wo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Hugh Wren
>> Anyone got a bright idea on how to get or make a frame for one of >> these things? >Couple of lumps of wood in a bucket full of concrete with the banner cable tied to it? I would have thought some PVC piping and some elastic would work quite well. regards, HughW -- ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Rob Beard
On 10/08/10 23:41, Alan Bell wrote: > From what I can see the banner itself really doesn't cost much, £23 for > a 2ft x 5ft banner seems more than reasonable, the trouble is that just > gets you a floppy bit of vinyl, it needs a frame with elastic dohickys > to pull it all out. Frames seem to cost

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Rob Beard
On 10/08/10 23:19, Joe O'Dell wrote: >> If somebody organises an event out side London how’s a banner going to get >> to them? > Through connections (i.e. meeting up with someone else involved in Ubuntu > UK), at other events or by collection (or via post?) > There is always a way. If the banne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Alan Bell
>From what I can see the banner itself really doesn't cost much, £23 for a 2ft x 5ft banner seems more than reasonable, the trouble is that just gets you a floppy bit of vinyl, it needs a frame with elastic dohickys to pull it all out. Frames seem to cost > £100 and are quite big (hence needing a b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Joe O'Dell
> How many of these are there going to be and who’s going to store them? I believe that Laura Czajkowski is looking at something like this for all LoCos, and I assume that there would be one per LoCo (they are pretty expensive to print). > If somebody organises an event out side London how’s a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Yorvyk
On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:26:42 +0100 Joe O'Dell wrote: > > >> > >> Is it possible to have a Ubuntu UK Community Event Banner? > >> > > Suppose you had the banner on Sunday. What would you have done with it? > > We would have stuck it in the ground with some super-handy tent pegs near the > gr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Bruno Girin
On Tue, 2010-08-10 at 22:24 +0100, Yorvyk wrote: > On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:22:00 +0100 > Joe O'Dell wrote: > > > > > > Is it possible to have a Ubuntu UK Community Event Banner? > > > Suppose you had the banner on Sunday. What would you have done with it? Joe would have walked up and down Spe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Joe O'Dell
>> >> Is it possible to have a Ubuntu UK Community Event Banner? >> > Suppose you had the banner on Sunday. What would you have done with it? We would have stuck it in the ground with some super-handy tent pegs near the group, and then it would have been easily visible from the pathway and ro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Yorvyk
On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:22:00 +0100 Joe O'Dell wrote: > > Is it possible to have a Ubuntu UK Community Event Banner? > Suppose you had the banner on Sunday. What would you have done with it? -- Steve Cook (Yorvyk) http://lubuntu.net -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Rob Beard
On 10/08/10 21:22, Joe O'Dell wrote: > Hello All, > > After the confusion regarding location at the GeekNic on Sunday, I > thought it would be wise to raise this point; > > *Is it possible to have a Ubuntu UK Community Event Banner?* > > **It would most likely just be a rather large banner stating

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Joe O'Dell
Hello All, After the confusion regarding location at the GeekNic on Sunday, I thought it would be wise to raise this point; Is it possible to have a Ubuntu UK Community Event Banner? It would most likely just be a rather large banner stating "Ubuntu UK - Local Community Event" or similar (incl