Here are a few more details concerning CLUE, the National Installfest,
COMDEX/Vancouver, and Corporate Sponsorship. If you have any
thoughts, comments, or suggestions, the steering committee and I would
like to hear from you!
-- Dave Michelson davem@ee.ubc.ca
Matthew.Rice@ftlsol.com wrote: > > > > Secondly, we are trying to organize a national installfest and are > > > trying.... > > > > Well, I'm certainly interested. I'll discuss this with the group at > > our next meeting and get back to you. Please keep us posted > > concerning your plans for national publicity and for obtaining > > give-away and install materials from Red Hat, SuSE, Caldrea, et al. > > Most of this stuff is being discussed on the CLUE mailing list. If you > would like to join, send an e-mail to: majordomo@pgw.on.ca > with the message body: subscribe clue > > > In fact, we have talked about participating in COMDEX/Vancouver. Once > > again, I'll discuss this with the group at our next meeting and get > > back to you. > > Great. We're in a position to offer financial assistance and helping > with general PR, etc... > > I've also spoken with the Mission/Chilliwack/Abbotsford LUG head. They > may also be interested in helping out with COMDEX/Vancouver. > > > The idea of CLUE acting as an intermediary between local LUG's and > > major corporate sponsors (like Red Hat, SuSE, and COMDEX) is certainly > > appealing. > > It's appealing to everyone. Some of our sponsors are very hopeful that > this will simplify their lives. We're hoping that we can also pool > efforts in the area of article writing, consulting referrals, media > watchdogs, etc... There's only so much free stuff you can do before > you starve to death :) > > > We were going to approach them for support directly, but > > it seems likely that the arrangement you've made will allow them to > > support local LUG's with less time and effort than if all the LUG's > > dealt with them directly. > > If you have any specific ideas for support, please let us know and we'll > attempt to get it for every LUG. We're already looking at incentives > from sponsors to CLUE members. > > > And it allows us to concentrate on dealing with local sponsors. > > Exactly. > > If you're very keen, we're still incorporating CLUE (as a non-profit) > and one thing that we dearly want is lots of representation on the CLUE > board from outside of Ontario. If you have any interest in that, introduce > yourself and see how it goes. We haven't actually started pick the boards > members but it will hopefully be before COMDEX/Quebec (October). > > > -- > Matthew Rice e-mail: matthew.rice@ftlsol.com
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