[CentOS] Linux World Expo - London 25th + 26th Oct 2006

[Dag Wieers]

On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, Lance Davis wrote:

> On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, Dag Wieers wrote:
> > On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> >
> > > CentOS has a stand at the LinuxWorld Expo, London on the 25th and 26th of
> > > Oct
> > > 2006. And we need some help!
> > >
> > > We need a few people to come down and help at the stand, talk to visitors
> > > and
> > > generally spread the good word on CentOS!  If you are interested and are
> > > able
> > > to come help, please get in touch with Lance ( lance at centos.org ) or me (
> > > kbsingh at centos.org ) as soon as possible.
> >
> > I'm coming with a friend for the 2 days to populate the booth. We're doing
> > the arrangements now. Anyone knows a good (cheap) place to stay in the
> > vicinity ?
> >
> > Anyone having experience with showcasing CentOS at a conference like this.
> 
> Well kb and I were at the show last year - iirc he had a sparc that didnt
> quite work - and we had an xinit server.
> 
> This year we could maybe show the 5 beta ...

I remember when I was at the Fedora booth on FOSDEM that it's hard to get 
attention with just a bunch of hardware that is doing something. Often 
what attracts people is fancy graphics or a presentation with interesting 
bulletpoints.

I'm not sure how crowded it is (FOSDEM is really crowded) and what 
facilities we have. I'm thinking of bringing my laptop, either to do some 
work when that's possible or to showcase something.

But it's nice to know what the punchline is going to be. If someone is 
leaving the booth, what points do we want to get through. There are so 
many things we can say that we have to stick to something simple and 
concise ? (And add to that whatever is in the context of the interaction)

 
> > I figure that handing out CD's nowadays would not be very useful.
> 
> Maybe not, but we do have some t-shirts and mugs

Are there any posters or something big to put at the background ? How can 
we get a glimpse of bypassers if there's a crowd in the front of the booth ?

 
> > But having some flyers or something with the basic information about CentOS
> > would be nice.
> >
> > CentOS flyer:
> >
> > + Short introduction
> > + Website location
> > + Wiki location
> > + Mailinglist location
> > + Overview of the different versions, technologies, advantages and
> >   differences with other distributions.
> >
> > Should be professional, straight-forward and objective.
> >
> > Do we have something like this already ?
> 
> I think we have something that we did last year - will drag it out.

Ok, we can refine it depending on what the punchline is going to be.

Versatility ?
Maturity ? (Long time stability)
New technologies like virtualization ?
CentOS as an appliance ?
CentOS on the desktop ?

 
> > Do we have proper artwork for
> > printing ? How are we going to organise ? Another wiki page ? :)
> 
> A flyer is a good idea, as are posters - we have colour laser , and an a0
> poster printer, so can do the output.

Ok, based on the feedback here we can refine it for FOSDEM and future 
exhibitions. It would also be nice to have a press-kit. (artwork, summary, 
facts and numbers, contact-person, timeline, new technologies, progress)

Anything worth putting in a magazin should be mentioned in a press-kit. 
Usually exhibitions like this one have an official press-area with the 
press-kits available.


> Wikis seem good ...

Can I get edit access ? :)

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