On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

Hi all,

To promote openSUSE and the openSUSE conference, we want to send openSUSE conference posters to LUG's, UUG's and hackerspaces. Obviously we'd have to ask them if they are interested and want/can use some posters.

So we need a list of LUG's to contact; and we need to contact them. I have made a spreadsheet: https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ap5dbL7kyNzAdEhOV3g0NFJabTRJNmJWLVVCSE4yVHc&hl=en_US&authkey=CPLP4KQF

It needs to be filled up with any (L/U)UG and hackerspace we know. If you have a spare 30 minutes and are willing to search the web for hackerspaces and LUGs, add the mail addresses to that list, we can contact them.

We ask them, IF they want someting, if they do, we need their postal address. Then AJ will take care of sending.

Who's up for adding a few mail addresses? If each of ambassador on this list adds 5, everyone in the world will know about the openSUSE conference :D

Please help out!

Greets and thanks, Jos

Jos, Should the Ambassadors take the posters to their LUG? Because, I can take some to my (ALE), I am planning to go next month. This month is Cancel because of SELF. -- (678) 636-9678 ----------------------------------------- Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! openSUSE Linux. ----------------------------------------- openSUSE -- en.opensuse.org/User:Terrorpup openSUSE Ambassador/openSUSE Member skype,twiiter,identica,friendfeed -- terrorpup freenode(irc) --terrorpup/lupinstein Register Linux Userid: 155363 Have you tried SUSE Studio? Need to create a Live CD,  an app you want to package and distribute , or create your own linux distro. Give SUSE Studio a try. www.susestudio.com. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help@opensuse.org

2011/6/7 Jos Poortvliet :

On Tuesday 07 June 2011 17:10:54 Chuck Payne wrote:

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On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

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Hi all,

To promote openSUSE and the openSUSE conference, we want to send openSUSE conference posters to LUG's, UUG's and hackerspaces. Obviously we'd have to ask them if they are interested and want/can use some posters.

So we need a list of LUG's to contact; and we need to contact them. I have made a spreadsheet: https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ap5dbL7kyNzAdEhOV3g0 NFJabTRJNmJWLVVCSE4yVHc&hl=en_US&authkey=CPLP4KQF

It needs to be filled up with any (L/U)UG and hackerspace we know. If you have a spare 30 minutes and are willing to search the web for hackerspaces and LUGs, add the mail addresses to that list, we can contact them.

We ask them, IF they want someting, if they do, we need their postal address. Then AJ will take care of sending.

Who's up for adding a few mail addresses? If each of ambassador on this list adds 5, everyone in the world will know about the openSUSE conference :D

Please help out!

Greets and thanks, Jos

Jos,

Should the Ambassadors take the posters to their LUG? Because, I can take some to my (ALE), I am planning to go next month. This month is Cancel because of SELF. Sure, that will work very well. In that case, add your name. If you can bring it to several LUG's, even better.

Note that the LUG has to have some space to hang them up - if they don't, it doesn't make a lot of sense because it'll be used only once or twice... Then a hacker space is a better place!

The poster should be there until the oSC :D

I put the name of my FSUG (Free Software User Group) even if we are in Italy. I think it's a good idea, but I would like to have your opinion. Thank you Alexjan P.S: Hi Chuck -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help@opensuse.org

On Tuesday 07 June 2011 17:47:42 Alexjan Carraturo wrote:

2011/6/7 Jos Poortvliet :

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On Tuesday 07 June 2011 17:10:54 Chuck Payne wrote:

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On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

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Hi all,

To promote openSUSE and the openSUSE conference, we want to send openSUSE conference posters to LUG's, UUG's and hackerspaces. Obviously we'd have to ask them if they are interested and want/can use some posters.

So we need a list of LUG's to contact; and we need to contact them. I have made a spreadsheet: https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ap5dbL7kyNzAdEhOV 3g0 NFJabTRJNmJWLVVCSE4yVHc&hl=en_US&authkey=CPLP4KQF

It needs to be filled up with any (L/U)UG and hackerspace we know. If you have a spare 30 minutes and are willing to search the web for hackerspaces and LUGs, add the mail addresses to that list, we can contact them.

We ask them, IF they want someting, if they do, we need their postal address. Then AJ will take care of sending.

Who's up for adding a few mail addresses? If each of ambassador on this list adds 5, everyone in the world will know about the openSUSE conference :D

Please help out!

Greets and thanks, Jos

Jos,

Should the Ambassadors take the posters to their LUG? Because, I can take some to my (ALE), I am planning to go next month. This month is Cancel because of SELF.

Sure, that will work very well. In that case, add your name. If you can bring it to several LUG's, even better.

Note that the LUG has to have some space to hang them up - if they don't, it doesn't make a lot of sense because it'll be used only once or twice... Then a hacker space is a better place!

The poster should be there until the oSC :D

I put the name of my FSUG (Free Software User Group) even if we are in Italy. I think it's a good idea, but I would like to have your opinion.

Yes, it is absolutely good. As I wrote to chuck, it'd be nice if they have a room or space where they frequently hang out so the poster can stay there for a couple of months. And if you could bring it there, we just send you cool stuff :D

Thank you Alexjan

P.S: Hi Chuck

Yes, to everyone, it doesn't have to be a LUG. Any place where Free Software people hang out and where there might be people interested in coming to the openSUSE conference is a good place for a poster! We want new people to come! Thanks all, Jos

Le 07/06/2011 18:59, Jos Poortvliet a écrit :

Many LUG's and the like are just 10 ppl coming together once a month in some cafe or conference room. They don't have a good space for the poster so they won't be interested.

OK, I see. But in France many LUGs use cfolelctive rooms (loaned by the city) where it's possible to glue a poster. That said, do not expect they will come to Nuremberg :-) jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://www.youtube.com/user/jdddodinorg http://jdd.blip.tv/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help@opensuse.org

Le 07/06/2011 22:20, Jos Poortvliet a écrit :

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That said, do not expect they will come to Nuremberg :-)

Well, if you don't expect any interest, it might not be worth it.

interest is one thing, going to a remote location is an other. It's expensive and need more than casual interest. to attract real interest, we need more than posters. What I can see that's cheap is on air (real time) video transmission (streaming) of some important conference. Announcing a new foundation could be an important news :-). I remember... 10 years ago, our LUG received a SuSE box for any new version. This was really appreciated, but atm there where little LUGs and much more boxes sold :-) I think we could make some "LUG starting kit". For example 2 posters, 25 demo dvd, 100 stickers, 2 T-shirts, to be sent on LUG representatives. If we send this only to identified LUGs (for example LUG designated by ambassadors as actives), this could have an effect for may be less money than hundred of dvd. to make more people come to the conference, it's much more complicated. Only people used to international event will go to foreing country at own expense. jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://www.youtube.com/user/jdddodinorg http://jdd.blip.tv/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help@opensuse.org

On Wednesday 08 June 2011 14:00:33 Stuart Tanner wrote:

Details for Manchester Linux User Group

Principle Contact would be John Heaton Infrastructure Coordinator (Unix)

ManLUG University of Manchester Manchester Greater Manchester United Kingdom M13 9PL

On Tuesday 07 Jun 2011 15:21:19 Jos Poortvliet wrote:

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Hi all,

To promote openSUSE and the openSUSE conference, we want to send openSUSE conference posters to LUG's, UUG's and hackerspaces. Obviously we'd have to ask them if they are interested and want/can use some posters.

So we need a list of LUG's to contact; and we need to contact them. I have made a spreadsheet:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ap5dbL7kyNzAdEhOV3g0

...

NF JabTRJNmJWLVVCSE4yVHc&hl=en_US&authkey=CPLP4KQF

It needs to be filled up with any (L/U)UG and hackerspace we know. If you have a spare 30 minutes and are willing to search the web for hackerspaces and LUGs, add the mail addresses to that list, we can contact them.

We ask them, IF they want someting, if they do, we need their postal address. Then AJ will take care of sending.

Who's up for adding a few mail addresses? If each of ambassador on this list adds 5, everyone in the world will know about the openSUSE conference

:D

Please help out!

Greets and thanks, Jos Could you put it in the spreadsheet please? Just their mail address is what we need, unless you know they would want the stuff and have a space for it...

On Tuesday 07 June 2011 23:08:18 jdd wrote:

Le 07/06/2011 22:20, Jos Poortvliet a écrit :

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That said, do not expect they will come to Nuremberg :-)

Well, if you don't expect any interest, it might not be worth it.

interest is one thing, going to a remote location is an other. It's expensive and need more than casual interest.

to attract real interest, we need more than posters.

What I can see that's cheap is on air (real time) video transmission (streaming) of some important conference. Announcing a new foundation could be an important news :-).

I remember... 10 years ago, our LUG received a SuSE box for any new version. This was really appreciated, but atm there where little LUGs and much more boxes sold :-)

I think we could make some "LUG starting kit". For example 2 posters, 25 demo dvd, 100 stickers, 2 T-shirts, to be sent on LUG representatives. If we send this only to identified LUGs (for example LUG designated by ambassadors as actives), this could have an effect for may be less money than hundred of dvd.

to make more people come to the conference, it's much more complicated. Only people used to international event will go to foreing country at own expense.

jdd

Well, it might make sense to simply add as manu LUG's there as possible. We can then simply send such a 'LUG starter kit' to each, if and when we have the money. Notice that this is quite an expensive thing to do and my funds are of course limited :D