Sunday just gone I ran an Infopoint at Trentham Gardens in Stoke. See below for the post I sent to StaffsLUG. <font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" size="2" color="blue" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span class="nfakPe">Simon</span> <span class="nfakPe">Colderley</span></span></font> is the best contact at NCM and he was very helpful. I got lots of material via the infopoint mailing list especially from Alan from Silicon Corridor LUG (many thanks Alan). If I can be of any help please let me know.<br>
<br>Post to StaffsLUG<br><br>Many thanks for all the support David, Stuart and Jason at the <span class="nfakPe">Trentham</span> Gardens Infopoint and special thanks must go to Zach for an excellent demonstration of the classic Tux Racer.<br>
<br>I
thought the Infopoint appeared to go well, with over 30 disks given out
mostly ubuntu but also kubuntu, knoppix and some opencd's. The eeepc
(version 1) also got a lot of attention and the compiz spinning cube on
a large monitor impressed a few.<br>
<br>Some hardware sellers took copies with the intention of installing
it on machines they were selling which should be a vast improvement on
dubious windows licenses.<br><br>Northern Computer Markets (<a href="http://www.computermarkets.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.computermarkets.co.uk</a>) , who run the computer fair at <span class="nfakPe">Trentham</span>
say they are happy to allow a free table at any of their events where
there is a table available although they have said that they have not
done an infopoint for a couple of years. They also have fairs at many
other places including Wolverhampton, Derby and Manchester.<br>
<br>Whether this is the best use of somebody's time to promote the use
of Linux to the general public I am not so sure but would happily
discuss what other options are available. Is there a StaffsLUG meeting
in the near future?<br>
<br>The next <span class="nfakPe">Trentham</span> Market is 8th June
and now there is a bit more notice I would be interested to know if
anybody else thinks it is a good idea to go along.<br><br>Phil Oakley