[Ambassadors] F13 Media Order

[Clint Savage]

2010/4/28 Jean-Francois Saucier <jfsaucier at infoglobe.ca>:
> On Wed, 2010-04-28 at 12:41 -0600, Clint Savage wrote:
>> 2010/4/28 Jean-Francois Saucier <jfsaucier at infoglobe.ca>:
>> > On Wed, 2010-04-28 at 12:28 -0600, Clint Savage wrote:
>> >> 2010/4/28 Jean-Francois Saucier <jfsaucier at infoglobe.ca>:
>> >> > On Thu, 2010-04-22 at 10:51 -0600, Clint Savage wrote:
>> >> >> Hi all,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I've just had an email conversation with Max Spevack about ordering
>> >> >> media for North America.  With the summer conference season upon us, I
>> >> >> wanted to get a good bit of media and get the order into our supplier
>> >> >> this next week.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> My thought is that we have at least three big events in North America
>> >> >> before F14 would be released.  I assume there are a few other small
>> >> >> events too...  I'm going to base the order upon the needs of these
>> >> >> events, plus the average amount for AmbassadorKits and other unknown
>> >> >> events.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The list of events I have are these, taken from the Fedora Events page
>> >> >> (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q2_.28June_2010_-_August_2010.29)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> South East Linux Fest (SELF) - June 11-13
>> >> >> Red Hat Summit - June 22-25
>> >> >> Linux Symposium - July 13-16
>> >> >> OSCON - July 19-23
>> >> >> LinuxCon - August 10-12
>> >> >> Ohio Linux Fest (OLF) - September 10 - 12
>> >> >> Utah Open Source Conference (UTOSC) - October 7-9
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On the cusp of F14
>> >> >>
>> >> >> NYSCATE - November 20 - 23
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The average order we place is along these lines:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> F13 LiveCD x86 - 3000pcs
>> >> >> F13 x86 Install DVD - 1500pcs
>> >> >> F13 x86_64 Install DVD - 1000pcs
>> >> >>
>> >> >> However, if we plan on giving out media to around 1/3 of the attendees
>> >> >> plus another 500pcs for AmbKits and the like, we get these numbers:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> SELF - 300pcs
>> >> >> RH Summit - 500pcs
>> >> >> Linux Symposium - 200pcs
>> >> >> OSCON - 750pcs
>> >> >> LinuxCon - 250pcs
>> >> >> OLF - 500pcs
>> >> >> UTOSC - 200pcs
>> >> >> AmbKits - 500pcs
>> >> >>
>> >> >> That's 3200 pieces total.  After talking with Max, he understood that
>> >> >> we were a bit short in certain areas, and I think I can do a bit
>> >> >> better job distributing the media appropriately for each event.  My
>> >> >> guess is that if we do around 5000pcs total, we'll be right at our
>> >> >> range, but maybe we should do more LiveCDs?  Or maybe it's less x86_64
>> >> >> Install DVDs??
>> >> >>
>> >> >> What thoughts do the rest of you all have?  I'd like to open the floor
>> >> >> until next Wednesday, April 28.  Please respond with your comments and
>> >> >> suggestions.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Cheers,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Clint
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>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > I just want to jump in and check what is the best way for Canada to
>> >> > receive the media? It would be nice to have them this time for F-13. I
>> >> > know inode0 sent some to me for Fedora 11 but I did not receive any for
>> >> > Fedora 12.
>> >> >
>> >> > We would not need many (maybe 250-300 total). What I propose is to be
>> >> > the central distribution point : you can ship me the media from the US
>> >> > and after that, I redistribute them in Canada. That way, only one batch
>> >> > is shipped across the border.
>> >> >
>> >> > Another solution could be to produce them directly in Canada. But,
>> >> > personally, I don't like this idea because it will cost more and we
>> >> > cannot do this for everything (shirts, stickers, pens, etc). I prefer a
>> >> > global solution to this problem.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > What do you think?
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Jean-Francois Saucier (djf_jeff)
>> >> > GPG key : 0xA9E6E953
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Jean-Francois,
>> >>
>> >> Agreed.  I thought someone was suggesting creating media in Canada
>> >> though and wanted to give them a chance to speak up.
>> >>
>> >> Clint
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>> >
>> >
>> > This person was me ;) And it was more of a last resort option if
>> > everything else don't work.
>> >
>> >
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>> > Jean-Francois Saucier (djf_jeff)
>> > GPG key : 0xA9E6E953
>> >
>>
>> Ahh, okay.  Great!  Should we up the order a bit then for Canadia?
>> I'll be sure to send you some...
>>
>> Clint
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>
> Like I said, we need maybe 200-300 total. I don't want to order more and
> waste them. I would like to see what demand there is for F-13 and adjust
> the number for F-14.
>
>
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> Jean-Francois Saucier (djf_jeff)
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>

Sounds good.  I'll make sure that is in the order.

Thanks Jean-Francois!!

Cheers,

Clint