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[John F <tnseditor@xxxxxxxxx>]

Be sure to ask Carl at System 76 if they would like to send a
representative and if they would like to give out some swag.  They have
been helpful in the past.

John (tnseditor)


On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 7:39 PM, Dave Kokandy <drkokandy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 1. Ohio Linux Fest itself had a Keysigning party last year, as one of
> Friday night's BoF sessions: http://ohiolinux.org/bofs I wasn't there,
> since I didn't come until Saturday AM, so I'm not sure how successful it
> was. I might just ask the BoF session organizers whether there are plans to
> do one already so we don't step on anyone's toes or compete. Or, if there
> was such a big demand that they could support one each on Friday and
> Saturday, then that could also work. In that case, I think aiming for our
> keysigning as part of Ubucon would be better.
>
> 2. Stickers would be cool. I know when I ordered from the Canonical store,
> the biggest expense I had was shipping, so it might really be worth making
> our own Ubuntu Ohio stickers, and the quote from Moo sounds reasonable. (Is
> 400 a good number?) Or, if we could afford one or a handful of nice swag
> giveaways, could we do a raffle? Business cards with info on the LoCo would
> be nice handouts too.
>
> Sorry to miss the meeting.
> -Dave
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Scott Randby <srandby@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> At the Ubuntu Ohio IRC meeting on July 18, it was decided to bring two
>> of the agenda items to the mailing list for further discussion.
>>
>> 1. Should Ubuntu Ohio hold a keysigning event at the Ohio LinuxFest
>>    2013?
>>
>>    - If a keysigning event is held, should it be held during the
>>      UbuCon on Friday, September 13, or should it be held sometime
>>      during Saturday, September 14?
>>
>> 2. Since Saucy Salamander (13.10) will be released on October 17, we
>>    will probably not distribute media at the Ohio LinuxFest 2013. What
>>    could/should we distribute?
>>
>>    - Apparently, Ubuntu no longer provides media or swag for
>>      distribution by a LoCo.
>>
>>    - One suggestion was to distribute stickers.
>>
>> If you have any thoughts or suggestions about these items, please send
>> them to this list.
>>
>> My comments:
>>
>> I've been looking around for stickers and they are rather expensive,
>> even in bulk. Business cards are a lot cheaper. We could have 500 full
>> color business cards printed up for under $100 (something I'm willing
>> to fund). We could put the Ubuntu Ohio logo on the card along with
>> whatever other information we wanted to appear.
>>
>> I'm in favor of a keysigning event. Perhaps Saturday is the better day.
>>
>> Scott Randby
>>
>>
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