Re: IT Expo planning

Damien Hull wrote:
> Greg Madden wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday 13 March 2007, barsalou wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Damien mentioned the IT Expo in a recent e-mail, so I wanted to start
>>> planning what we might want to do....I know, I know... it's only
>>> March....and the thing isn't till October!
>>>
>>> My experience has been is that if we don't start now, we will be well
>>> behind the curve when the time comes.
>>>
>>> I'd like to suggest that folks take a look through the archives to look
>>> at some of the things we have done in the past for IT Expos.
>>>
>>> Here are a few topics to start things off:
>>>
>>> - Presentations that people would like to do
>>> - Who is going to man the AKLUG booth.
>>> - ideas on raising money to pay for what we need.
>>> - Sell/Give away AKLUG items (T-shirts, Hats, etc?)
>>> - Theme of this years booth.
>>> - Demonstrations of Fedora, Suse, Ubuntu (and SWAG)
>>>
>>> There are tons of other things to consider. We always have a plethora
>>> of ideas on what to do, but what we really need is people to help.
>>>
>>> The more people we have, the easier it will be to man the booth and
>>> accomplish the other tasks that need to be done as we move forward.
>>>
>>> Let's kick this off with a bang and see what happens.
>>>
>>>
>> I'll help. I do think we should have a booth on the floor. This means
>> raising $$. I am terrible at asking for $$ but I will donate $200 towards
>> the booth.
>>
>> What is an easy way to get $$ to Aklug ? Aklug has a bank account. Can I
>> get $$ into the account from the comfort of my computer ?
>>
>>
>>
>>
> If people want to know what's going on with the Consumer Expo they
> should go to the PC User group board meeting. It's the first Thursday of
> every month. Check with Fielder or Jim G. They are both board members.
>
> Oh, If AKLUG is going to be on the IT Expo exhibit floor this year we
> need to get the space soon. Like in the next month or so. I'll give them
> a call this week and find out if space is available. It goes quick.
>
> I think a both is going for $950. If we all chip in a few bucks we might
> get two. ;-)
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I called the IT Expo guys and they said it space doesn't start filling
up until June and July.
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Received on Mon Mar 19 15:38:39 2007