[Ubuntu-be] ComputerFair Hasselt 07/01/2007 (report)

[Bart Broeckx]

Thx Jan for the review of the Computerfair in Hasselt. Well done.

I've got the pictures of the fair online now:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ComputerFairs/Genk&Hasselt

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and you will find the pics just after
Ja'n report.
Hope you like them.
If someone wants the pictures in a larger format ... just mail me ;-)

Greetz,
bartek




2007/1/8, Jan Fabry <cheezy at lumumba.uhasselt.be>:
>
> A small report on the fair today (Bart didn't have time to write it,
> I'm new here, so I hope I cover the important bits, without boring you).
>
> Date: Sunday, January 7, 2007, 10-17h
> Event: Dipro beurs
> Place: Grenslandhallen, Hasselt
> Attending: Bart Broeckx, David & Frans Geens, Bram Bonné, Kevin
> Elaerts, Jan Fabry
>
>
> We had about 200 pressed CD's (a mixture of Dapper & Edgy; Ubuntu,
> Kubuntu and Edubuntu; 32 and 64 bit versions). They were very
> popular, but some people just scavenge the booths for free gadgets,
> so we moved the stack out of sight, and encouraged people to ask for
> them, so we could have a chat with them. This was very effective! I
> guess about 100 CD's were given without much explanation (only an
> extra ubuntu-be flyer in each booklet). After we changed the tactic,
> about 150 more CD's were given only after we give some basic
> information (sometimes a demo) af Ubuntu. When we ran out of pressed
> CD's, we started burning them on-site, using some spare CD-R's from
> Bart and me, and a stack that David got from a nice lady at another
> booth.
>
> Conclusion: handing out CD's like candy is not so smart. Indicating
> that CD's are available at request is great to start a conversation
> (if you have enough people available). The burned CD's are just as
> popular as the pressed ones.
>
>
> The beamer was a great way to attract people. We were the only booth
> with a projection screen, so people could see what was going on (and
> see that we were not selling anything like all the others). If you
> only have screens on your table, only the first two rows can see
> what's going on, the others just pass your booth.
>
> Conclusion: try to have a beamer at every fair! But also: try to
> borrow one from a friend, since renting them can be expensive (unless
> we find a corporate sponsor?).
>
>
> The flyers were also popular. Of course, one would need to look at
> the site logs to see whether there was a surge of visitors coming
> from Limburg :) We explained the concept of the support points, so
> hopefully we can also see an effect there. Maybe (this is just an
> idea of me), we need something at the site like "Hello, you saw us a
> the fair and tried your CD? Click here for extra documentation at
> what to do now!", but this might be covered in other places
> (otherwise I'll try to make myself more clear in another post to this
> list).
>
>
> Ubuntu, or at least Linux, is a relatively well-known concept. Some
> people were completely amazed ("It's free? For only 30 days or
> something like that? No? Forever?!"), others had already experimented
> with Linux, with varying degrees of success. To them, the concept of
> the support points was a nice idea.
>
>
> We had a plastic box for donations, and collected about 24 euros with
> it. Bart has the correct number, and the money itself, which he will
> forward to Ubuntu-be. He payed for the booth, and I guess he also
> sponsored our food (koffiekoeken and appelflappen (a "Danish",
> according to Marc on IRC), as we eat in Limburg), so many many thanks
> to you Bart! David & Frans payed for the beamer (and came quite a
> long way just to be here), which is also incredible. Kevin came from
> Leuven, also not too close. Bram and me discovered we study at the
> same university, and, being informatics students, had nothing better
> to do on a Sunday. Our girlfriends might disagree, but they can start
> a group of their own (ubuntu-be-lonely-partners?).
>
>
> It was my first Ubuntu-be activity, and it had a great time. It was
> fun meeting other people working with Ubuntu, and encouraging new
> people to try it. I'll certainly do it again another time!
>
> Bye,
>
> Jan
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