Thx Jan for the review of the Computerfair in Hasselt. Well done. I've got the pictures of the fair online now: <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ComputerFairs/Genk&Hasselt">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ComputerFairs/Genk&Hasselt </a> 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 <div>2007/1/8, Jan Fabry <<a href="mailto:cheezy@lumumba.uhasselt.be">cheezy@lumumba.uhasselt.be</a>>:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> 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 -- ubuntu-be mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be </a> </blockquote></div>