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

[Dirk Tas]

Nice pictures !



Bart Broeckx schreef:
> 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
> <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
> <mailto: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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