<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 30/10/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Andrew Barber</b> <<a href="mailto:andrew.alex.barber@gmail.com">andrew.alex.barber@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><br><div><span class="q"><span class="gmail_quote">On 30/10/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Matthew Larsen</b> <<a href="mailto:mat.larsen@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
mat.larsen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>We need to figure out a few things first:<br><br>1) Is it *actually* pheasable?</blockquote></span><div><br>
This requires a location? Will we be getting a free hosting place, will
the closest ammeanities provide us with cheep sponsorship (if we are
doing that).<br>
</div><span class="q"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">2) How many people do we expect to turn up?</blockquote></span><div>
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Yet again, people up in Aberdeen may not travel to London, but they might travel to location<br>
</div><span class="q"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">3) Where are the people likely to turn up coming from?</blockquote>
</span><div><br>
Yet again, relative to location. If it were in london you would get more concrete yes's. <br>
</div><span class="q"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">4) How are we going to finance it?</blockquote></span><div><br>
Sponsors I would think, maybe a small entrance fee of a couple of quid.<br>
</div><span class="q"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">5) How long will the event be?</blockquote></span><div><br>
I would think a day or two as much as a weekend. People wouldn't want to take time off for these kind of things.<br>
</div><span class="q"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">6) How are we going to market it?</blockquote></span><div><br>
We could send leaflets round to LUGs, try and get a notice (wallop) on
freenode, posters in universities, local (in relativity to the
location) leaflets in computer shops.<br>
</div><span class="q"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">7) What will be on show?</blockquote></span><div><br>
Ummm open floor for now, can be decided after.<br>
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As you can see, location is quite crucial. Mainly on the first few
points. People are willing to get involved when they know where it is,
think about any other scenario. Think about if somebody asked you to go
to aKademy 07, the first initial response (if you knew what it were)
would be what location. It is the same for the people involved with the
organisation.<br>
Choosing a location can then open us up to choosing a location with
amenities, this can higher or lower our scope on what can be done at
the UbuCon. Maybe there is a computer lab (with linux) within the
place, then we could open up the possibility of a Free Software Game
Tournament, tutorials and many other things. We can't offer something
then find out later the location does not have such facilities.</div></div></blockquote><div><br>
Could we all take a look at <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/IdeasPool/UbuCon_UK#head-23105941f518ba764282ef8a71fbac2d546ff2d6">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/IdeasPool/UbuCon_UK#head-23105941f518ba764282ef8a71fbac2d546ff2d6
</a> <br>
</div><br></div><br>-- <br>Andrew Alexander Barber