ubuntu-us-nj Software Freedom Day, ie September's Event

[Don Smith]

Well,
I have to say, using compiz, with awn I feel like I'm using the new mac
os before it's released, so that's my bias.
On Tue, 2007-08-28 at 15:58 +0000, Christopher Ingram wrote:
> There are two things that tend to work easier than most, which may or may not be appropriate for software freedom day:
> 
>  - show something really cool and tell people they are being left behind, then tell them its open source / Linux
>  - show them how much better or easier it wll make their lives
> 
> If you don't belive me, watch TV for 12 minutes.
> 
> What fits in to the above? Media servers and streaming, for one.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Christina Eater" <christina.eater at gmail.com>
> 
> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:03:29 
> To:"Mailing list for the Ubuntu New Jersey LoCo Team"<ubuntu-us-nj at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: ubuntu-us-nj Software Freedom Day, ie September's Event
> 
> 
> Less-than-brilliant event ideas for probably not the 15th:
> 
> A knitting bee: get all our available grandmothers (and other
> needlework-inclined folks) in one place, and take advantage of the
> captive audience (social circle -> networking -> Internet -> Ubuntu!);
> 
> A beach party: everyone (almost) likes the shore. Rent a meeting room
> walking distance from a nice beach, and advertise it as a
> fun-in-the-sun and Ubuntu-in-the-shade-with-the-AC;
> 
> A pledge drive: come up with some ridiculous (read: embarrassing)
> challenge we'll compete in, and we each recruit at least one friend to
> watch--but they have to agree to take a Live CD and try out Ubuntu.
> 
> Hey, I never claimed to be brilliant. :D Maybe they'll inspire someone
> else, though.
> 
> -- 
> Christina
> 
> 
> On 8/26/07, Joe Terranova <joeterranova at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hey People,
> >
> > Last time we met, we had decided to have an event in September --
> > either on September 3rd, for the Cherry Hill Tri-State computer show,
> > or on September 15th, at one of the South Jersey Farmer's Markets.
> >
> > The manager for Tri-State has apparently died, as no one's answered my
> > emails, and their phone rings off the hook; in other words, I don't
> > think the Cherry Hill Fair is an option (i would have emailed earlier
> > if it was), though I will stop by to see how I /should/ contact them
> > in the future. Therefore, we're looking at an event on the 15th, which
> > is also Software Freedom Day. At this point, I'd like to offer 4
> > options:
> >
> > 1) Get a table at one of the Farmer's Markets on the 15th
> > 2) Go with the PA for their PACS event on the 15th, and do the
> > farmer's market later in the month.
> > 3) Skip the farmer's market, go to PA's PACS event.
> > 4) An amazingly brilliant idea that I hadn't thought of, because I'm
> > not all that amazingly brilliant most of the time.
> >
> > My order of preference is 4,2,1,3. Let me know your thoughts. If we
> > didn't do farmer's market on the 15th, I'd be looking at the next
> > Saturday, which would be the 22nd.
> >
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