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[Nevyn]

Well it seems we're going to be lacking any sort of freebies. No Ubuntu cd's. We normally just ask around for the other distros. So if we weren't to do cd's (let's face it, handing out bits of plastic which quite likely aren't going to be used isn't the most environmentally friendly thing to do), is there something else we could do instead?

Regards,
Nevyn
http://nevsramblings.blogspot.com/

[Jaco]

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burn or load distro of choice on demand?

[Graham]

On Jul 20, 12:10 pm, Nevyn <nev...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well it seems we're going to be lacking any sort of freebies. No Ubuntu
> cd's. We normally just ask around for the other distros. So if we weren't to
> do cd's (let's face it, handing out bits of plastic which quite likely
> aren't going to be used isn't the most environmentally friendly thing to
> do), is there something else we could do instead?

Despite the environmental issues, :) I'll have a few hundred
openSUSE 11.4 DVDs and a few Mageia 1 cds as well.

Cheers
GL

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Graham Lauder,
OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ
http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html

[Nevyn]

On 2 August 2011 17:09, Graham <yor...@openoffice.org> wrote:
>
>
> On Jul 20, 12:10 pm, Nevyn <nev...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Well it seems we're going to be lacking any sort of freebies. No Ubuntu
>> cd's. We normally just ask around for the other distros. So if we weren't to
>> do cd's (let's face it, handing out bits of plastic which quite likely
>> aren't going to be used isn't the most environmentally friendly thing to
>> do), is there something else we could do instead?
>
> Despite the environmental issues,  :)   I'll have a few hundred
> openSUSE 11.4 DVDs and a few Mageia 1 cds as well.
>
> Cheers
> GL

100 Ubuntu cd's to the mix... Really do wish we could find a better
alternative...

Regards,
Nevyn
http://nevsramblings.blogspot.com/

[Joel Wiramu Pauling]

1/2GB and even 4GB USB sticks can be had from alibaba/dealextreme etc
on bulk for less than $1 a pop.

Just sayin.

[Nevyn]

On 2 August 2011 17:16, Joel Wiramu Pauling <jo...@aenertia.net> wrote:
> 1/2GB and even 4GB USB sticks can be had from alibaba/dealextreme etc
> on bulk for less than $1 a pop.

Interesting.... Do you have a link to any of these? I'd be interested
to see what quantities are needed...

Regards,
Nevyn
http://nevsramblings.blogspot.com/

[Joel Wiramu Pauling]

http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/1gb-business-card-usb-flash-memory.html

Normally minimum of 100 for most stuff on Alibaba.

[Vik Olliver]

On 02/08/11 19:01, Joel Wiramu Pauling wrote:
> http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/1gb-business-card-usb-flash-memory.html
>
> Normally minimum of 100 for most stuff on Alibaba.

Yeah, but you won't get the $1 price in 100's. Probably looking at
around US$5 per stick, plus shipping, plus GST.

Vik :v)

[Steven Ellis]

I've got some Fedora 15 DVDs and I can probably get the Red Hat guys
in OZ to send over some CDs as well. Just need an idea of numbers.

How many people usually turn up at this event?

[Jaco]

Hi Steve,

We had a pretty good turn-out last year (if I were to guess maybe 50?),
but most are casual users & in many cases they're already FLOSS enthusiasts.
Maybe 20 disks may be enough? If people want more, we can burn them off
from ISO's?
Having a cache of 1, 2 or 4GB USB sticks may also be handy to build
live-disks from? I think this may be a more valuable use of resources.

I have a fairly up-to-date store of ISO's we can use; what we don't have
we can download the day (?)

Any word on potential sponsors? I (Workshop Enterprises) can sponsor a
few rives if anyone can send me a link.
I put in a plug at the end of the NZOSS AGM re getting a bit more love
shared between the respective SFD chapter/events around NZ.
Wellington is extremely well-organized & I think we (Auckland) can
probably learn a thing or 2 from them.

- J

[Nevyn]

Whoa! Account for growth... We're aiming to get 150 through this year. With the education emphasis and more aggressive marketing (which given previous years efforts has been next to none) I think we should get it.

Always better getting more than too little. If you have cd's left over you can always send them off to other events (Graham Lauder normally goes off to another event the following day) which can only really benefit you. If people are having to wait around for them, you've failed.

More important than sticks (given that we've got cd's coming through I don't see them as necessary) is kids prizes. With an education bent we really need to be finding ways of engaging with kids. So being able to offer up prizes such as tux soft toys and the like for competitions or whatever would be a huge plus.

Regards,
Nevyn
http://nevsramblings.blogspot.com/

[Steven Ellis]

Might be worth approaching a couple of corporates like ICONZ who were at the recent CIO summit and had a variety of branded USB devices. The ICONZ ones were like mini credit cards with pop out USB sticks.

[Jaco]

Mark, any chance of this?

[Mark Foster]

I passed the details for the ICONZ Marketing person responsible for those USB sticks through to Jaco so they can talk turkey. No promises.
BTW you realise i've less than 2 weeks left at ICONZ, right? ;-)

[Tabitha Roder]

On 11 August 2011 17:05, Mark Foster <bla...@gmail.com> wrote:

I passed the details for the ICONZ Marketing person responsible for those USB sticks through to Jaco so they can talk turkey. No promises.
BTW you realise i've less than 2 weeks left at ICONZ, right? ;-)

Hi Mark
... so less than two weeks... finished there now? where have you gone?

Tabitha

[Mark Foster]

I'm now at http://smxemail.com running Operations...
Today's my first day, still kinda getting to grip with things (reality is it'll be like this for days if not weeks I expect... so much new stuff to learn... !!)

Jaco how did you go dealing with ICONZ?
 

[Jaco]

> Jaco how did you go dealing with ICONZ?

Sorry guys, been a bit flooded with other business.
I'll get in the horn *right now* & sort that out & get back to you ASAP.

Apologies...

- J

[Jaco]

Sorted; awaiting reply, so will let you know as soon as I know more.

Just a quick query:
* any idea what sort of numbers to expect (& demographic)?
* by virtue of the possible donation of the USB's, does that count as a
sponsor who can get their logo on the site & all, or are there other
criteria?
* what do I (in the capacity of my business or TB) have to bring to the
game to qualify as a sponsor, etc?

- J

[Rob Inskeep]

I'm also running down possible sponsorship from this side...

[Mark Foster]

On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Jaco <frea...@gmail.com> wrote:

Can I suggest that any org donating freebies should be eligible to be called a Sponsor, and 'tiers' (which determine the level of perks / sizes of logos) need to be defined.

I'd think if ICONZ pony up with say, up to $500 worth of goods and services in the form of a bunch of branded stuff, that it's worth something - so long as that branded stuff is not purely advertising/marketing swag.  USB sticks would seem to me to be worth some $$ and worth some recognition in return, if nothing else you're more likely to get buy-in from corporates if they can show some tangible return on their investment.

 

[Jaco]

>
> Can I suggest that any org donating freebies should be eligible to be
> called a Sponsor, and 'tiers' (which determine the level of perks /
> sizes of logos) need to be defined.
>
> I'd think if ICONZ pony up with say, up to $500 worth of goods and
> services in the form of a bunch of branded stuff, that it's worth
> something - so long as that branded stuff is not purely
> advertising/marketing swag. USB sticks would seem to me to be worth
> some $$ and worth some recognition in return, if nothing else you're
> more likely to get buy-in from corporates if they can show some
> tangible return on their investment.

I think that's a more-than-reasonable arrangement

[Tabitha Roder]

On 22 August 2011 16:11, Mark Foster <bla...@gmail.com> wrote:

 

Can I suggest that any org donating freebies should be eligible to be called a Sponsor, and 'tiers' (which determine the level of perks / sizes of logos) need to be defined.

There aren't really any rules, so we make it up as we go along.  There are official sponsors internationally who contribute to the pack we requested and hope will arrive soon - http://softwarefreedomday.org/en/sponsors-and-supporters
The pack has (from memory) a few t-shirts and some transfers for more shirts, a banner, some CDs (I think some masters that we can copy locally if we want to hand them out), some stickers and balloons.

Tabitha