[ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September

[Nik Butler]

Afternoon all. So its been a quiet week on the list regarding the 
exhibition but that does not mean we  have not been hammering away 
behind the scenes.

First off thanks to Alan Helmore-Simpson and Paul Sladen for keeping the 
Ubuntu Tablet demo project moving forward. By now Paul should be in 
possession of the tablet so I  will await his response.

Ana, has suggested being able to help out with Videos and reporting for 
the day , is there anyone else whom wants to help on that side of the 
project ?

More people have signed up to help out on the stand. You can expect me 
to be asking the commitment question next week to ensure we can start 
planning who will be where and if equipment will need to be moved  and 
how we can start to plan that.

The Ubuntu  people have contacted me to confirm that the request for 
SHIP-IT CDs is confirmed. Ive requested 600 CDs with at least 400 as PC 
based and the remaining set broken down amongst 64bit and Mac versions. 
I have also had the confirmation about the conference pack being sent 
through. Speaking of marketing . Id like to order up some Polo Shirts to 
wear on the day as well as Sell can I get a Commitment for at least an 
order of 20 , since I can get the price reduced on larger quantities and 
I can get 25 for £10.00 each so guess what .. if we can get an order in 
early we can sell the rest at the show and start putting our Ubuntu-UK 
team pot together.  The lead time on the order is two weeks so the 
deadline for getting in orders is next week !

Ive spoken to the Ubuntu marketing peeps and they will be contacting me 
next week to let us know if theres anything they are looking to focus on 
at the stand.

Things im still waiting for suggestions/content/materials/confirmation 
of a good idea  on ; keeping it simple theres just a couple of things:

1. Things to Show/Demo during the two days.
So yes we can show the desktop and we can show it working with hardware 
thats a given but should we maybe plan to do some presentation, lighting 
talks or Ask the Ubenteros moments ?
2. Things to talk to people about on the day .
Other than CDs and Posters what topics do we all want to promote. The 
Ubuntu Loco Team UK and its groups are a given here so why not build 
around that , and how ?


Id like to ask you all to help with committing to hardware ( even the 
small stuff like cables and power bricks ) that will be available for 
the show and how it will get to the show and I will be asking for this 
prior to end of September.

Im still waiting on comments from Brian about the stand dimensions , 
fascillities and access so we are still working to a rough note here.

Thats all for now, thanks again to those of you whom have committed to 
helping out for the show your efforts are all much appreciatted.

oh one more thing..

Shall we all head out for a Drink and a curry on the evening of the Set 
up ? Nothing to harsh for the evening but a good way to get to know 
faces and people and ideas before the show. Im sure they'll be another 
one after the event..

Thanks for reading .. have a good one,  now its time to see if Gilmore 
Girls has started its new season !


Nik