[H-GEN] Software Freedom Day - Sept 10th

[Robert Brockway]

On Tue, 9 Aug 2005, Anthony Towns wrote:

> So, for a stall, we'd need:
> 
> a) to decide where/when to have it
> - Brunswick St Markets apparently happen on Saturdays, and
> seem like they'd have half a chance of attracting the
> right people
>     - odds on this costs money

Hmm ...  I wonder how much.

> b) organise a table, some sort of shade, perhaps access to power

Or laptops living on batter for a couple of hours.  If we have to cover 6 
hours we could have 3 laptops running one at a time for two hours each.  
As each one died we powe up the next one.

> c) get some CDs
> - Ubuntu are supposed to be providing free CDs for SFD stands
> - is it worth looking at special things like audio software?
> - are there other CDs we'd like to hand out, or have ready to
>       burn, or is that too much bother?

Knoppix or other live CDRoms might be ok.  Something that does good h/w 
detection and provides some good apps for users to play with.  Labels 
would be nice but not essential.

> d) get some pamphlets
> - what sort of info should be on them?

Q & A?

What is Linux?

What can Linux do for me?

Is it really free?

> - need to write them up
> - need to print them

How many would we need?  I'd say 100 might be sufficient to start.  If we 
made it generic enough they would not go to waste and could be reused 
later.

> - need to fold them

Nah, leave 'em unfolded :)

> e) get, say, half a dozen people who'd like to stand around and
> hand out stuff and talk to people signed up

* Robert puts his hand up.

f) A big sign that says "Software Freedom Day".

There is also a big sign somewhere that says "HUMBUG".  I haven't seen 
that in years.

My (small) car is available for transportation related to the exercise.  
Computers, small folding tables, people.  Just tell me what you may need 
the car for and I'll tell you if it fits :)

One option is to gather everything we need (except the laptops) and have 
it all in one place the night before.  Ideally it could already be packed 
in a car since market days start early.

> An installfest would also require finding a room to do it, since we 
> don't have the HUMBUG room. OTOH, we could hand out fliers for regular 
> HUMBUG meetings where people can come along and get help with problems. 

Yes that's a good thing to have on the flyer.

> The Ubuntu LiveCDs probably make most of the "installfest" issues kinda 
> unnecessary anyway.
> 
> Should we have some sort of dinner event? Sushi or mexican or indian or
> teppanyaki or pizza or something maybe? For existing HUMBUGgers only or open
> invitation (with tickets at the stall, eg)?

Could get huge if we open it :)  I'd say let's keep it to HUMBUGgers but 
if someone really seems interested we could always invite them along to 
talk OSS on an informal basis.

Rob

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