[SLUG] Library display, a gathering and a push forward

[john at johnallsopp.co.uk]

> The SLUG library display
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>
> Dates and format:
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>
> Bob has booked a library display from Tuesday November 29th to Sunday
> December 11th. The photographs here
> <http://www.johnallsopp.co.uk/slug/> (files starting imgp*) show a
> three panel display, but we can have 6 freestanding boards (400mm x
> 600mm), possibly a header (200mm x 400mm) for the middle board and a
> small table in front. We need to use velcro to attach our notices.
>
>
> Our at-a-glance message:
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> Scarborough Linux User Group - Free/Open Source Software for everyone
>
> Any improvement comments?

I'm wondering whether to drop the 'open source' bit:

Scarborough Linux User Group - Free software for everyone

thoughts?

> Display content:
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> The left hand panel will contain pockets with A5 or trifold leaflets
> about various aspects of Linux, for instance, 'choosing a
> distribution', or 'Linux for school and study'. What subjects need to
> be covered here? Let's decide subjects then share out the writing of
> them.

Maybe we should think about applications and about types of users. For
instance, we could have handouts called

"Linux for the small business"
"Linux for music and musicians"
"Linux for video"
"Saving money with Linux"
"Linux at the cutting edge"

what else?

> The right hand panel (and I'm expanding a little on Al's thought) will
> have a series of screenshots of our Linux machines together with a
> paragraph about each of us (and a photo if you want). The idea is to
> show Linux looking good and to show how we are real people not just
> screenburned geeks. How many people are willing/able to produce an A5
> like this about themselves, we need five at least?

Me :-)

> SLUG graphic design standards:
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>
> In an effort to show a unified display, JA is suggesting we come up
> with a set of design standards, which would mean every document we
> produce looks like it comes from the same organisation, and the
> display as a whole looks good. JA will attempt to carve out some time
> to look at this

OK, I'll try to do something by mid next week. God I hate deadlines.

J