Re: LWE stand organisation

["Luis Villa" <luis tieguy org>]

On 4/14/07, Ken VanDine <ken vandine org> wrote:
> rPath always has a booth, and we have noticed a major slowdown the
> past couple shows.  Not only Boston, by SF was slower too.  We will
> just hope this year is better :-D

I was actually surprised to see you guys at the last one I went to.

FWIW, I sold 123 of the liveCDs at $5/pop. There was a very slight
profit (about $200), which I think ended up getting used to buy a
round of beer at Summit.

Luis

> On 4/14/07, Luis Villa <luis tieguy org> wrote:
> > [cc'ing marketing-list instead of board.]
> >
> > On 4/14/07, Ken VanDine <ken vandine org> wrote:
> > > I am very pleased to do it, I will email the marketing list to look
> > > for volunteers to help.  But if anyone here would be interested in
> > > helping or can help find volunteers, that would be great.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have details from previous LWEs?  Like number of visitors
> > > to the booth?  How many LiveCDs were given out?  Anything else useful?
> >
> > In past years, several thousand booth visitors; I don't recall how
> > many liveCDs I sold two years ago, but 'a lot'- a couple hundred,
> > IIRC? I can try to look it up sometime later- not today, though.
> >
> > Note, though, that LWE is a wounded beast, AFAICT; floor traffic was
> > down substantially during the second year in Boston, and I imagine the
> > same is true in San Fran. So my numbers may not be as valid anymore.
> >
> > Luis
> >