[Ambassadors] anyone interested in Northeast Linux Fest in April?

[Jonathan Nadeau]

yeah last year Harvard would only give us time for the event during
break. but this time school will be in session. We are expecting a
bigger turnout due to this. So we will be promoting the event more this
year within Harvard and MIT.


On 01/29/2014 09:33 AM, mario juliano grande balletta wrote:
> thx matt
>
> one of my closest friend & colleagues is the manager of platforms and
> IT over at the harvard business school (gary wallace)
>
> he stopped by last year's event, and saw the poor attendance,
>
> if jonathan can advertise on campus, and the students will be around,
> maybe this year will be better,
>
> i will still give talks and we could do a mini fudcon, not sure if it
> will drive interest, but we can try again
>
> thx for the help matt
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 8:15 AM, Matthew Miller
> <mattdm at fedoraproject.org <mailto:mattdm at fedoraproject.org>> wrote:
>
>     On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 12:45:29AM -0500, mario juliano grande
>     balletta wrote:
>     > i think the issues facing NELF are timing, venue, advertising, and
>     > audience.  basically, the event usually takes place during
>     breaks, and
>     > most students are gone.  the campus does not allow advertising which
>     > also inhibits attendance.  this is why less than 100 people are in
>     > attendance.
>
>     Looks like it's not over Harvard's break this year at least.
>
>     I have some connections at Harvard and I can see what I can do to
>     drum up a
>     little interest. ABCD
>
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