Ubuntu-ve at Expotecnologica Maracaibo,Venezuela

[Toby Smithe]

You should put this in the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter
(https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue26).

On Sat, 2006-12-23 at 14:48 -0400, Efrain Juvenal Valles Pulgar wrote:
>     Dear All:
> 
>      This week the Venezuela LoCo team had very productive week at the
> expotecnologica  held at the convention isle of a very famous shopping
> mall in the city of Maracaibo, Venezuela. the invitation came rather 
> late, so preparations for the event were not very many. The event
> gathered the latest trends in technology. Representatives from
> companies
> like Nintendo, Epson and A2 Softway (software development group)
> offered 
> services and the different university projects, which gave the event a
> very special touch of local talent.
> 
>    The opportunity came through a national organization GloVE
> (www.glove.org.ve) which offered Rolando Blanco, who is the LoCo
> contact
> in Venezuela, the opportunity to participate in the event with a space
> at their table to promote Ubuntu. the strategy was simple. the
> ubuntu-ve 
> team members that attended had a computer were people could take
> Ubuntu
> for a test run. it proved to be successful. a million words cannot
> describe the fuzzy feeling of experiencing something new. It's worth 
> mentioning that the target crowd of the event was just technology
> enthusiasts , not just Linux users, which made the exposure to Ubuntu
> and GNU/Linux much more meaningful. We also shared flyers and the
> GLoVE
> group offered UBUNTU cd's to the interested attendees.
> 
>      The promoting aspect didn't only include the attendees. many of
> the
> exhibitors checked the Software Libre stand and had a look at Ubuntu.
> People from a computer learning academy in the region really
> expressed 
> their interest in learning more about Free Software and particularly
> UBUNTU. They claim to have good reference of the bistro and they
> offered
> to open a space in their academy to foster Ubuntu related courses and
> to 
> offer it as community service. so Networking was a added value to the
> initial purpose of the participation. What a great opportunity for the
> LoCo team indeed.
> 
>          The overall experience of this event represents a learning
> curve for all 
> of the people from the Venezuela Ubuntu LoCo Team. The acceptance of
> Ubuntu amongst people makes one aware of the responsibility of sharing
> and empowers one to continue on with the task at hand. it fuels the
> Ubuntu Spirit within.
> 
> Efrain Valles
> 
> pics @
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/87048530@N00/sets/72157594434663540/
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