Guys, I just spoke with the LWE rep, and he said that the dotOrg pavillion is full, and has no space available. Still no word back from Jono, but I presume he's ridiculously busy with LugRadio Live and such, so he'll hopefully get back to us soon. I think that there's absolutely nothing wrong with participating in a CA LUG booth, and believe that it'll be a lot of fun to network a bit more (particularly in the north). I'll send an email out to the guys runing the BALUG booth and see what they have to say. Thanks a lot for finding out about the booth, Grant. Do you know the guys in BALUG very well?
Joe On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Grant Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Troy, > > You and I are thinking along the same lines. I don't know if you have > considered these things but I'll throw them out for discussion. Let > me start by saying I would much prefer to have a fully staffed booth > answering all kinds of user questions with CA LoCo logoed banners and > unlimited CDs to give out, both at the booth and in front of Moscone > Center to all attendees that walk in the door plus some kind of cute > handout freebie. Of course we don't have those kinds of resources. > > Given the popularity of the distro and the size of the event I vote > for a bit of caution. There are very very few CA LoCo members that > live near San Francisco. Staffing requirements over three full days > plus setup and take down isn't insignificant. My opinion is that > having an empty booth during the show would not be beneficial to us or > Ubuntu. What are we going to put in the bare booth? I know how much > time and effort it takes to make a strong showing at an event like > this. > > As we wait to hear through Joe Smith (Yasumoto) and Jono Bacon to see > if space is available for our own booth in the .Org area, even if it's > at no cost, we should take a moment before accepting it. I am looking > at the overall cost/benefit. If we do our own booth it means we can't > do other things. We have to be realistic about what resources we have > before committing them. I think we need to know one main thing. How > many CA LoCo members can confirm they are ready/willing/able to > prepare for and participate during the whole event in San Francisco? > > I don't see that we would be losing out if we choose to not have our > own booth, especially if we leverage our efforts elsewhere. There > will be a strong official Ubuntu presence, we wouldn't be letting > anyone down. LoCos like us are not even intended to replace existing > LUGS, but instead to complement them. [1] Maybe we can do our own > effort well AND complement other groups well. However I think we will > have to make choices between the two. > > I would hate to get so busy as to ignore the existing efforts that are > well staffed (able to answer user questions) where we might be able to > make a significant and visible difference. Perhaps other local LUGs > will have booths as well, I don't know yet. Canonical should have a > booth and have scheduled an Ubucon. I'm sure there are many talks > being given by Canonical employees. Some speakers might appreciate > help during the presentations or running to get the cable they forgot, > lol. Could Canonical use some help? It's just my opinion, but it > would be good to know before accepting booth space. > > -- > -- Grant Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoWorkingWithOtherGroups > > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Troy Ready <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (I'm new to this evangelism, and I may not go, so take this with a grain > of salt) > > > > The positive aspects of this are certainly huge, but as a LoCo don't we > want to be a bit more specific in our effort? I mean, if we're not gonna do > a Ubuntu-specific thing, than helping a LUG is good, but it seems like it > should be the backup. > > > > Or is my thinking too exclusionary? > > > > -Troy > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: "Grant Bowman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subj: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Common LUG booth at LinuxWorld > > Date: Thu Jul 17, 2008 15:05 > > Size: 1K > > To: "Ubuntu US California" <ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com> > > > > The BALUG folks have organized a booth at LinuxWorld and are inviting > > other related groups to participate. It would be far simpler and we > > could see more of the show ourselves by helping them out rather than > > staffing and manning our own booth. > > > > FYI, > > > > -- > > -- Grant Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 7:02 AM > > Subject: [conspire] Common LUG booth at LinuxWorld: come help out > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > There will be a booth for bay area Linux groups and > > related in the .Org Pavilion of this year's LinuxWorld, > > Tuesday August 5 through Thursday August 7, in Moscone > > Center in San Francisco, thanks to the Bay Area Linux > > User Group (BALUG) (in the .Org Pavilion, booth 14). > > > > If you're going to LinuxWorld any of those three > > days, please stop by and help out at the booth: the > > job is to hang out, talk with other people who are > > working the booth, and talk with people who stop by > > and want to know about the various SF Bay Area Linux > > User Groups and related groups. > > Even a short stint will help someone who wants a > > break or wants to see a bit of the show. Last year > > there were a lot of fun conversations, and a few > > people brought demo machines. > > > > If you can't make it, try to get some printed > > handouts about your group that we can pass out. > > > > If you can make it, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with times you can be there (morning, mid-day, or > > afternoon) so we can schedule. If you'll be there > > all of one day or two or three days, let me know > > so we can plug you in where coverage is light. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > jim at well dot com > > _______________________________________________ > > conspire mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca >
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