Re: [Fwd: SCALE Calls For Non-Profit Exhibitors]

["Ken VanDine" <ken vandine org>]

Sounds like a pretty good idea.  Last year we arranged to have the
GNOME booth paired with the Foresight booth, initially because we had
nobody else to man the GNOME booth.  So we planned on covering it with
Foresight guys, but in the end we had some great GNOME dudes show up
and run it.  It ended up being a pretty good setup, shared some
resources and covered for folks when they needed breaks.

I bet we could convince the SCALE guys to do something like a GNOME
Zone if enough of us are interested in participating.

--Ken

On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Dave Neary <dneary gnome org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I just got contacted by SCALE about having a booth this year - is anyone
> interested in taking the organisation of this on? Eitan, are you
> planning on SCALing again this year?
>
> I had a gem of an idea a while back - rather than take one GNOME stand,
> it might be easier & better to ask for a GNOME Zone, with a bigger stand
> shared among a bunch of different projects - we could invite the
> Inkscape guys (who always have a stand in SCALE), perhaps Akkana Peck to
> have a GIMP presence, and other GNOME-related projects like those, to
> create a wider-ranging and more appealing & lively stand than just "GNOME".
>
> Looking at last year's exhibitors, at least OLPC and Inkscape might ave
> been interested in co-organising stand space... add a couple more
> projects in there and we start to have an attractive space.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Cheers,
> Dave.
>
> --
> Dave Neary
> GNOME Foundation member
> dneary gnome org
>
> Wide spread acceptance and encouragement from the user community has established SCALE as a premiere Open 
> Source Software conference. Continuing our efforts to promote Open Source software, we invite you to share 
> your work on Free and Open Source projects with the rest of the FOSS community.
>
> If you'd like a expo booth for your project at the 7th Annual So Cal Linux Expo, please submit your 
> proposal.
>
> The proposals should be submitted in the form of a 1-page extended abstract comprising:
>   1. The name of your group or open source project.
>   2. A group or project logo, and contact information including name and email address. (logo needed for 
> publishing on the website)
>   3. A list or a brief description of the main points to be presented should be submitted. Please include 
> enough detail that will enable the committee to evaluate the proposal.
>   4. Describe how your participation will benefit both the Southern California Linux Expo and the attendees.
>
> Submission formats in text or PDF will be accepted. Qualifying exhibitors will be allocated a booth in the 
> SCALE exhibit hall which will include one 6 foot table, two chairs, one network drop and one 500 watt 
> electrical outlet.
>
> As we are attempting to increase awareness of open source software, it's highly desirable that 
> demonstrations be conducted using free and open source software. All proposals shall be sent to gareth 
> socallinuxexpo org 
>
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Ken VanDine
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