To discuss this prior to the meeting: My suggestion is this: We prepare, advertise and give a 30minute presentation to 12-24 people at a time. They can bring their own machines. For the remaining time ?1.5 hours, we help them test and hopefully install Ubuntu. In short: Starting in Brisbane (North or CBD because that is where I can get to easily) but hopefully extending this further if it works well. The target audience is small business professional or home users who use their computers every day but who are not geeks or technical people. I could prepare/source the 15m presentation which gives a user overview of browsing/office/evolution - the 90% desktop functionality. Then ?15m questions with prepared photo, movie watching, torrent +? responses. I'd need some reviewers. We prepare an ad. We're aiming primarily to convert MS Windows users so we need something catchy and simple for the ad. This will need some brainstorming, It needs to appeal to our target audience. In the session we would probably need 3 of us present skilled in Ubuntu Installation. This idea could possibly be merged with promoting Ubuntu to charitable organisations - For them we offer them attendance for free. It would make them more likely to show an interest because they could see that they are getting something that others have to pay for. Any thoughts? Regards, Paul Whipp Office: 07 3103 2894 Mobile: 0410 545 357 <a href="http://www.paulwhippconsulting.com.au" target="_blank"> Do more business with your website!</a> <a href="http://www.paulwhippconsulting.com.au/" target="_blank">Joomla, Magento, PHP and MySQL web application developer</a> <div class="gmail_quote">On 27 September 2010 10:22, Paul Whipp <<a href="mailto:paul.whipp@gmail.com">paul.whipp@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi there, I've been using Ubuntu for work and play since 8.04. I am interested in getting more people to use ubuntu because it is better for them than the alternatives. I have been thinking about preparing a presentation and inviting people to come to it. After introducing Ubuntu and going over its use/benefits (focus on browsing/open office/email) people could try ubuntu and get instant help installing it if they have brought their laptops etc. along. I would need a couple of helpers who can speak non-geek and help with the installation issues and hand holding. I would aim for 12-24 attendees. I am new to this list & community so forgive me if this is obvious: I was going to post this as an agenda item for the next irc meeting but, while I can edit old meeting pages, the place where it says to add agenda items for the next meeting is on an immutable page (<a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Meetings" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Meetings</a>). Am I missing something there? Regards, Paul Whipp Office: 07 3103 2894 Mobile: 0410 545 357 <a href="http://www.paulwhippconsulting.com.au" target="_blank"> Do more business with your website!</a> <a href="http://www.paulwhippconsulting.com.au/" target="_blank">Joomla, Magento, PHP and MySQL web application developer</a> </blockquote></div>