alan c wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: >> Just wanted to give some feedback on the event I was arranging in Exeter. > > Thanks, and Well Done for carrying it through!
No problem. I'm trying to do a bit here and there (in between work and family commitments) > >> We had a variety of leaflets, both the text only versions (Alan Cock's >> FOSS leaflets) and the Had Enough beta leaflet. > > I have recently concluded upon reflection that the FOSS leaflet is too > much of a culture shock mismatch to the user-in-the-street as it is. > In fact at my recent computer fair I did not offer it, I only offered > the Free and Open Source Software - 'Information' one. Whic is > regularly offered and taken from the counter of a local computer shop. > >> We managed to give out a few leaflets, and sold ONE copy of The >> OpenCD. > > may I ask what price? (off list if you wish) Yeah, 50p each. That covered the cost of the disc, a sleve and printing of the disc. >> We couldn't sell any Ubuntu discs. We also gave out a load >> of Tux stickers. Paul (one of the guys who was with me from the Devon >> & Cornwall LUG) had the idea of printing Tux on some round Avery >> labels which was popular. > > Nice Idea! Sounds great for a popular street fun event. Yeah, the kids liked the stickers. I'm sure they would have loved balloons too. >> Something that was popular with the kids was a printed picture of a >> penguin to colour in. I found two pengun pictures (not tux, but >> penguins) which I printed off (2 on an A4 sheet) which kids could then >> colour in. > > The back page of my 'Information' leaflet (see above) has an outline > picture of tux. I have a larger copy if anyone needs it. I use it in > A4 size as coloured in by -hand- with dayglo markers as a fun DIY flag > on my infopoint table. Part of the idea is to distance myself from big > business and suggest a more 'wholemeal' approach..... The simple non > coloured leaflets also suggest this. However, the Shipit CD packs are > attractive enough to be acceptable in the final decision stages of a > newbie 'take'. > I was actually thinking of trying to make a dot to dot tux image too. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
