[Ambassadors] Re: Possible Upcoming events in Wageningen NL

[Yaakov Nemoy]

Correction: The booth would be in conjunction with WURLug.

2009/5/22 Yaakov Nemoy <loupgaroublond at gmail.com>:
> Hey List,
>
> I want to let you all know about a couple of events we are hoping to
> plan in Wageningen this summer.  As it turns out, we have the highest
> concentration of Ambassadors (3 of them) in the Netherlands in
> Wageningen. For a sleepy student town of 35k people, it's quite an
> accomplishment.
>
> (Now only if we could have such a density of Ambassadors in the entire NL...)
>
> The first upcoming possibility is a Release Party, the friday after
> the Fedora 11 release. There are a few options available, but they run
> along the lines of come to Wageningen and enjoy a couple of beers with
> us. This could either be, weather permitting in someone's backyard,
> complete with 100mbit internet, a campfire, and a nice LAN, or perhaps
> at one of the many nice bars in Wageningen.  Free beer is nice, but
> we've set up similar events in Wageningen before at a very low cost to
> all.
>
> The next event in planning is to set up a Linux booth at one of the
> fairs in august for the incoming students. This would be a great
> chance to showcase scientific apps as well as how effective Fedora can
> be for the university student. Since this is an event supported by
> students, it's also very low cost, and we'll probably end up doing
> most of it out of pocket.  We'll try to provide up to date respins at
> the booth, and try to follow it up with another Lan Party / Install
> Fest.
>
> We'll have more details after we can sit down this weekend in person
> and work out the details.
>
> Cheers,
> Yaakov
>