[lug] CSTIE show - BLUG needs booth volunteers

[Alan Robertson]

Wayde Allen wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, John Edwards wrote:
> 
> > At 06:05 PM 4/5/00 -0600, you wrote:
> > >
> > >I don't really see much point in belaboring this item.  It is quite simply
> > >their show, and we've been invited to participate.
> >
> >       Sorry, it wasn't my intention to belabor a point, I was just making a
> > statement.  You are, of course, correct.
> 
> No need to apologize.  I just had several people who were pushing this
> item, and your message just happened to appear at a convenient time.
> 
> > >Right now, Ferdinand Schmid, Robert Harris, and myself are the only people
> > >committed to this project.  Ferdinand and Robert have already volunteered
> > >to speak at the convention, and Ferdinand is working to create a
> > >heterogenous network to show off Linux.  We could really use a few more
> > >people to help us out here.  We'll need some people to man the booth, and
> > >ANYONE can help us get the network running.
> >
> >       I would, but I work those days.
> 
> Yeah, I understand.  I'm going to have to burn some of my own annual leave
> for this one, and am not too thrilled about that either.
> 
> Please keep in mind though, that while we do need people to be at the
> booth on these days to answer questions, etc..  There is probably more
> that needs to be done prior to the show.  For instance, someone needs to
> put together any literature we want to hand out.  Right now I'm planning
> to use the brochures that Kyle Moore created for the CLIQ show.  However,
> I still think a list of Linux related businesses would be good to have as
> well. Several people have offered information to put on this list, but it
> needs to be compiled and printed.  We also need to decide what, if any,
> computer demo we want to have, acquire the hardware, and configure it for
> the demo. This is all stuff that doesn't require a presence at the booth
> on the event day.
> 
> This is our chance to show the business community how cool Linux is.
> Based on the response I've been getting so far I can see why they'd rather
> choose something else.

I'd help out (and was expecting to), but unfortunately, I got railroaded
into being in Silicon Valley, and won't be back until Wednesday
afternoon.  Sorry!

	-- Alan Robertson
	   alanr at suse.com