[Infopoint] Re: Trentham Gardens Infopoint 18 May

[alan c]

I have sent a bunch of attachments to you direct.

Be most careful with the laptop/s. I only take one and it is well 
chained up.

Please check the leaflets  - they contain groups and contact local to 
bracknell but they should do no harm if push comes to shove. Ideally 
use other more local groups?

If you want the editable versions let me know asap?

I suggest a few or more of each:
Disks:

the open disc
http://theopendisc.com/  (iso download)

Ubuntu desktop 8.04 Hardy Heron
http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/releases.ubuntu.com/8.04/ubuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso

a couple of knoppix 5.1.1 CD

On a good day - when people know I am there and expect to see me, I 
can be asked for 20 CDs and 30 leaflets
It took a while to build up, though.

good luck
alan


Philip Oakley wrote:
> Hi Alan (and infopoint list)
> 
> Many thanks for the information that was very useful. I have confirmed 
> with Northern Computer Markets that I can have a table this Sunday 
> (18th) at Trentham Gardens Stoke. Anyone please feel free to get 
> involved or help in anyway.
> 
> I have some laptops and can burn some disks but otherwise I currently 
> have no flyers or posters etc. If there is anything you (or anyone else) 
> could email me that I could print off it would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Many thanks
> 
> Phil
> 
> Many thanks for the
> 
> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 9:51 AM, alan c <aeclist at candt.waitrose.com 
> <mailto:aeclist at candt.waitrose.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Philip
>     (and infopoint list)
> 
> 
>     David Goodwin wrote:
> 
>         Philip Oakley wrote:
> 
>             Hi David
> 
>             I hope you do not mind me contacting you. I saw from the
>             infopoint project website that you have stalls at
>             Wolverhampton and Birmingham computer markets for showing
>             free software.
> 
>             I am interested in setting up an infopoint at Stoke
>             (Trentham Gardens) computer market and just wanted to ask
>             your opinion and see if you had any advice.
> 
> 
>     I run a 'non trading' display table almost every month at the
>     bracknell computer fair.
> 
>     An important point is that some years ago, jono bacon (now with
>     canonical) received an agreement from the fair organisers (british
>     computer fairs in this case) for them to donate (if spare unbooked
>     space was available - a table that they could not sell), a table to
>     Infopoint for display, handouts, of Information on Free software.
> 
>     The 'Infopoint' banner or brand has been very useful, better than
>     free software of linux or whatever.
> 
>     This has worked well for bracknell. After my initial contact, I
>     phone them in the last week of the booking month and ask if they
>     have space they can fit me into? By that time they know they cannot
>     sell any more booked tables.
> 
>     My table attracts custom for them - pay at the door, and encourages
>     more comers. Free software needs hardware, and most of the traders
>     sell - hardware. So it is pretty well a win-win case. One of the
>     organisers staff also occasionally asks for a linux CD - she gets
>     whatever she wants from me, I am very grateful! As do any of the
>     traders. I am discrete about my donated table though. The traders
>     pay good money for their tables and they are not guaranteed to make
>     a profit. So I am in a special situation.
> 
>     There is a noticeable increasing pace of interest  in recent months.
>     This is very heartening. I would certainly commend such displays  asap!
> 
>     I have a bunch of leaflets, posters I make, and other stuff which
>     you might find useful. Any questions please fire away?
> 
>     Best regards
> 
>     -- 
>     alan cocks
>     Kubuntu user#10391
>     Linux user #360648
> 
> 


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alan cocks
Kubuntu user#10391