[Worcs] A bit of a result from Excalibur who run local computer fairs

[David Goodwin]

Will Bickerstaff wrote :
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Simon Lambert >> Excalibur Fairs <simon at excaliburcomputerfairs.co.uk>
> Date: Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 3:40 PM
> Subject: Re: Trade Enquiry
> To: admin at lug.worcester-county.org
> 


Ah, If i'd engaged my thinking hat a bit, I'd have pointed out that
this has been done in the past - see the infopoint project (probably
dead now) - http://infopointproject.org/wordpress/

I've done it in the past - you do find some interested people - or I
did 5 years ago - some just snaffle free cds (try and avoid them - we
used to charge a token 50p - £1 to stop people taking the piss).

Do Ubuntu stlll ship free cd's in those cardboard wrappers? They
always went down well.

Anyway, we did the Wolverhampton Race course and I /think/ the motor
cycle museum off the M42 (J5?) a few times.

We found it quite a long day, and there were seemingly few (if any)
new 'recruits' to the local LUG.

Perhaps you'll have more luck,

David.


> 
> Hi there,
> We would be glad to support you on your promotion and we are happy to
> give you a complementary table inside the fair for the next three
> shows. We are just confirming dates at the moment and will advise
> accordingly.
> In return we would ask that you recommend our fairs to all your members.
> Best regards,
> Simon
> 
> On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 9:30 AM, admin at lug.worcester-county.org
> <admin at lug.worcester-county.org> wrote:
> >
> > Contact Us
> >
> > First Name Will
> > Surname Bickerstaff
> > Email Address admin at lug.worcester-county.org
> > Telephone
> > Type of Enquiry Trade Enquiry
> > Message The newly re-formed Worcestershire Linux Users Group is looking for new members and to do some unobtrusive local promotion we agreed at our last meeting that good places to do this would be local computer fairs.
> >
> > As we are a very new and small group we are looking to attend some of your upcoming fairs within the county and with your permission hand out or leave at the entrance some small flyers promoting the group.
> >
> > Of course, as we will be attending the fair we would pay the necessary entrance fee.
> >
> > We will in future as the group grows in membership and resource hope to have a stand at each of your fairs within the county.
> >
> > Do you have any objections to what we are proposing. We are conscious that we do not want to be forcing ourselves onto people by disrupting or interfering with the activities of the trades, attendees or organisers in any way, and would therefore just prefer to leave the flyers somewhere for those that are interested to take.
> >
> > A sample of our flyer can be seen at http://lug.worcester-county.org/news/47-promotional-poster
> >
> > Submitted by 92.28.194.145
> 
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