Thanks for the FYI, Tiago. Alan, sounds like the same one you went to in Jan.
I am up for coordinating our efforts in this, but not sure of the protocol to follow as I am new here. If one of you want to take the lead, I'll certainly follow. BTW, my apologies for posting from the wrong address. I fixed my evolution so it uses the info address as the default now. On Sun, 2008-05-25 at 18:44 +0100, Tiago Vieira wrote: > FYI > > http://www.bettshow.com. > > It will be Jan 14th to 17th of 2009. Let's follow the articles about > open source in educational institutions in UK to see if we can apply for > at least a stand of one square meter and then represent the Edubuntu and > show the benefits. I can get the Saturday 17th and try with my boss one > day of the working days to get the notes. I'm living in Reading, just 1 > hour by train from London. If anyone from UK could help me would be > good. > > Let's carry on this idea during this year. > > On Sun, 2008-05-25 at 12:19 -0500, John Botscharow wrote: > > Is there anyone in London who could easily make thie conference? I > > cannot phyiscally or financially make this trip, but if someone could go > > and take notes, I'd be willing to work on a project based on those notes > > to work out an educationally-orented marketing strategy. The education > > market may very well be our best opportunity to start seriously cutting > > into MS marketing share worldwide. Educators are more open-minded than > > other market segments and less susceptible to MS's bullying tactics. > > > > On Sun, 2008-05-25 at 17:16 +0100, Tiago Vieira wrote: > > > And there is a big workshop of Tech in Education every year in London, > > > which could be a good chance to demonstrate the Edubuntu. > > > > > > I never went there but every year I receive invitations by email... > > > > > > Could it be a good opportunity? > > > > > > Just thinking... and as a new part of the list, I don't know if this > > > particular case has been done by someone... > > > > > > Cheers! > > > > > > On Sun, 2008-05-25 at 09:39 -0500, John Botscharow wrote: > > > > The potential of this opportunity is too good for me not to respond. Is > > > > anyone from Ubuntu, specifically Edubuntu, going to apply for this? This > > > > would be a real feather in Ubuntu's cap. I am not sure of the procedures > > > > here. Who would officially respond to this from Ubuntu? > > > > > > > > Peace! > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 12:43:44 +0100 > > > > > From: "Chris Rowson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-marketing] (UK) headline - 'Schools set to go > > > > > open source' > > > > > To: "alan c" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > Message-ID: > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 7:34 AM, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > The Computing trade newspaper (print version) has a front page > > > > > > banner > > > > > > headline > > > > > > 'Schools set to go open source' > > > > > > and an associated article. > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2217224/schools-set-open-source-4017531 > > > > > > -- > > > > > > alan cocks > > > > > > > > > > That's great Alan :-D > > > > > > > > > > Really positive. > > > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
