<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:lucida console, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>It only gives us about three and a half weeks to organise posters and spread the word. I'm game if everyone else is, but we'd have to go pretty hard at this if it's to be a success. We'd need to start spreading the word this weekend, so I'll start some posters tonight. We'd need to book the venue this week to put on the posters and other advertising - do you have that in hand for Brisbane?<br></span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>I guess the theme for the posters should be "Ubuntu Open Day" and highlight the activities - installation help, discussions, information on Ubuntu and open source software etc. Please add ideas here ASAP - The posters can/will be able to be changed for other venues.<br></span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>If we do informational talks on the day they should be aimed at beginning users and Windows users looking to change: What is open source and how does it work, What applications are installed by default and how to use Software Center, Backing up data and migrating data and applications, Ubuntu(Linux) is not Windows, that sort of thing.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Comments? Ideas? Brickbats/Bouquets?</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Full steam ahead!<br></span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Chris<br></span></div><div><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: lucida console, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Jared Norris <jrnorris@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> david@kvr.com.au <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, 29 May 2012 9:56 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: Mid-Cycle Events<br> </font> </div> <br>> Sounds like "Ubuntu AU Open Day" with some good supporting tag lines<br>> in the advertising might be the best approach. So that's the name part<br>> down, now for the next point:<br>> * Organise co-ordinators and volunteers for each location wanting to participate<br>><br>> So anyone wanting to volunteer to coordinate an event in their local<br>> area? I'm more than willing to help out and mentor people if you're<br>> not too confident to do it alone. It would be nice to have several<br>> events coordinated throughout the country. They don't have to be in<br>> major cities either, the event works well in regional and remote<br>> areas, for evidence check out <a href="http://ubuntu.org.au/node/84" target="_blank">http://ubuntu.org.au/node/84</a><br>><br>> --<br>> Regards,<br>><br>> Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych)<br>> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris</a><br><br>Sorry to reply to my own post but would we have enough time to<br>organise these events by the 23/24 June? I was just looking around and<br>noticed the Ubuntu User days are coming up then and it might tie in<br>nicely. Is that cutting it too fine?<br><br>-- <br>Regards,<br><br>Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych)<br><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris</a><br><br>-- <br>ubuntu-au mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com" href="mailto:ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au</a><br><br><br> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> </div></body></html>