<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>When I am working on my computer at McDonalds, I always meet people who want to know about Linux, seeing me use it. They become very interested. If I could hand them a map on where the install fest is and write on it the date and time, I think very likely they would show up. Could you post a simple map somewhere on a website, that people could print up from time to time, and write the place and location on it. If these could be passed out, I think a lot more people would become interested. Or maybe, the date and time could be put on the map and just updated.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>I could offer to install Linux on these people's computers myself, but I've only ever done it on my own computers -- and what if something weird happened? So I would prefer they go to an install fest where there are a lot
of great minds, you know. </span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Anyone in business knows, just a little advertising goes a long way, and no advertising goes nowhere. Getting out the location with directions, date, and time is the key.</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> rex evans <rexfordevans@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> CLUE's mailing list <clue@cluedenver.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:04 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [clue] Installfest .... sorry if I am stepping on toes<br> </font> </div> <br>
Gus,<br><br>I am personally interested to install again soon.<br><br>Once a month, seems like a fast pace, for the long term.<br>You need to have volunteer helpers for each event.<br><br>Assuming that existing Clue-people do not have enough<br>installs-and-such to fill the seats, you (we) need to do<br>out-reach promotion to get new Linux wannabe's to show up.<br><br>At denhac,(?) would a combined install-fest and pot-luck be possible,<br>with a food area away from the computers and electronics?<br><br>Rex<br><br>--- On Tue, 1/17/12, YES NOPE9 <<a ymailto="mailto:yes@nope9.com" href="mailto:yes@nope9.com">yes@nope9.com</a>> wrote:<br>stuff deleted<br>_______________________________________________<br>clue mailing list: <a ymailto="mailto:clue@cluedenver.org" href="mailto:clue@cluedenver.org">clue@cluedenver.org</a><br>For information, account preferences, or to unsubscribe see:<br>http://cluedenver.org/mailman/listinfo/clue<br><br><br> </div>
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