[Ubuntu-be] Antwerp computer fair report

Yves Jans yves.jans at gmail.com
Mon Oct 9 17:13:45 BST 2006


Hi Mark,

Glad to hear you got great responses and new ideas. Also the election
results were quite good at Antwerpen. I for one, welcome our new
trend-setting overlords ;-)

I'll be joining the Ubuntu team this week at Leuven.

Till then !

Rgds,

Yves

On 10/8/06, Mark Van den Borre <mvdborre at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> The Antwerp fair was a great success. Some observations and ideas:
>
> * A lot of attention from new and potential users. I had non-stop
> attention from 9 to 18h. Had a hard time finding a moment to eat and
> drink even.
> * Some attention from booth holders selling stuff. Imagine we could go
> around with Tux stickers in the morning and point people at compatible
> difficult hardware (wifi, scanners, ...).
> * A lot of attention from computer club people, asking me to come and
> give presentations. 4 or 5 clubs.
> * A few people interested in joining us. We need an easy way to pull
> them in as ubuntu.be volunteers.
> * Quite a bit of attention from existing users, with some people
> asking for advice about which hardware to buy.
> * I didn't have leaflets ready. I've been writing down our url really
> often. Really something we should have. Basic info for users: our site
> & how we can help them.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Mark Van den Borre
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