[olug] Advocacy Idea

[Timothy G. O'Brien]

Do any of the OLUG participants also get a table at the local PC fair & swap meets? They should be happy to distro fliers about OLUG & the Linux CD's you speak of. 

olug at bstc.net wrote:
>
> That last message was supposed to include the text "I think it's a terrific
> idea" but I accidently hit send.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Ferguson [mailto:jferguson3 at home.com]
> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 8:47 AM
> To: olug at bstc.net
> Subject: [olug] Advocacy Idea
> 
> 
> Okay, I wish I'd had this idea early, back when I had real power. Oh well.
> 
> What do people think of the idea of burning a BUNCH of distro CDs for
> free handout at local computer shops, just like those damn AOL CDs? This
> could be a weeklong project. We'd put a small peice of paper in there
> about basics of installation, disclaimer of responsibility for OLUG, etc.
> 
> People could come in, buy what they came in for, and pick up a free CD,
> courtesy of OLUG. They may not install it immediately, but it'll be on
> their shelf, and eventually some of them may try it.
> 
> What do you guys think?
> 
> Jason
> 
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