Well, if we paid, maybe we could get space in a somewhat more populated area of the show, hence more publicity. If we can get around 3000 SETS of CDs(maybe potato if it's out by the next LinuxWorld), and make a display of the release, then it would definately help. Dave On Thu, 20 May 1999, Joseph Carter wrote: > Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 15:03:11 -0700 > From: Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org> > To: David Bristel <targon@targonia.com> > Cc: Tyger Sunshine-Hill <visicalc@hotmail.com>, > debian-devel@lists.debian.org > Subject: Paying for trade show booths? > > On Thu, May 20, 1999 at 02:53:21PM -0700, David Bristel wrote: > > I'd like to think we could use it to pay or help pay for booths to the trade > > shows. LinuxWorld, for those who were there was evidence that a small booth > > just isn't big enough for all the Debian folks who want to help out, and for all > > the cool stuff that people brought down. Also, Debian CD's are always needed to > > give out, electric, insurance, the booth space itself. Rather than go on a show > > to show basis, large donations COULD pay for the booth, or for a larger booth > > than a 10x10. > > Okay, next question would be then: Do we want to be paying for large > booths at trade shows? I agree, LinuxWorld was a _MADHOUSE_, but is it > something we want to spend donation money on? ie, do people think the > trade shows are that terribly important to us? > > (I was at LinuxWorld and I must say it was cool! Worth going, and even > worth the financial nightmare it created in my life that is just now > getting resolved a couple months later..) > > > > Ahh, the psychic sig generator strikes again! > > -- > Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org> Debian GNU/Linux developer > PGP: E8D68481E3A8BB77 8EE22996C9445FBE The Source Comes First! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > * Culus thinks we should go to trade shows and see how many people we > can kill by throwing debian cds at them >
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