[Wolves] Linux event- I need help

Mo Awkati mawkati at yahoo.co.uk
Wed Jan 5 20:52:33 GMT 2005


 --- Barbie <barbie at missbarbell.co.uk> wrote: 

> 
> Also how many people are you expecting? upto 10, 20,
> 50 or more? Hiring out halls and roping in
> volunteers can be very time consuming and if only 1
> or 2 people turn up it can be a bit demoralising. 

I am expecting between 10-20 if more then great. 


> If you are aiming the event at "ordinary potential
> users", then try and think of things to persuade
> them to come along. From a non-Linux user
> perspective, what are you offering that could make
> them stop watching soap-hell [1] for an evening (or
> football for a Saturday), and entice them along to
> see a different view of the world.
> 

There might interest from other Churches, village
businesses, as well as home users, A number of home
users have already expressed an interest in attending.




> I think your agenda is pretty reasonable, but may
> benefit from either a local or named business
> representative explaining how Linux/Open Source has
> helped them. It doesn't have to be detailed, but
> give an idea of cost savings, reliability and
> manageability. While you may  want to attract the
> home user, it is likely that even those home users
> are thinking about their own business or how to
> introduce Linux/Open Source to their place of work.
> To my mind the LUGs cater more for the home users,
> and events like these, while a great opportunity to
> introduce more people to LUGs and Open Source
> software, is where local businesses can benefit.
> 

There is a local computer shop in the village and I
understand from a reliable source that the owner is
also a Linux fan. So there might be something good
there.



> Taking this idea of Village Linux Day further, is
> this something that you could potentially do in
> other villages around the Midlands? If so there may
> be organisations and council grants to help pay for
> hall hire, tea & coffee and other items. You may
> even be able to get sponsorship from a local
> business, which can be taken out of their
> advertising budget. This is how some Perl Monger
> technical meetings operate.
> 

Well worth thinking about, I work for a local
authority so I will investigate. However, I think its
best to start small and then find out what happens,
and then take it from there.


> While I can't promise to help out or anything, I
> would be interested in coming along.
> 
> Barbie.
> 

It would be great to see you!

Cheers

Mo








	
	
		
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