Fedora-sponsored specials: All Things Open

[Rikki Endsley]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Frields" <stickster at gmail.com>
> To: "Chris Collings" <cpcollings at yahoo.co.uk>, "Larry Cafiero" <larry.cafiero at gmail.com>
> Cc: "Fedora Marketing team" <marketing at lists.fedoraproject.org>, "Larry Cafiero" <lcafiero at fedoraproject.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 8:58:04 AM
> Subject: Re: Fedora-sponsored specials: All Things Open
> 
> http://www.linux-magazine.com/Resources/Special-Editions/18-Free-From-XP
> 
> This is the issue in question IIRC, right Rikki?
> 

Yes, that's it. 

> I guess we missed our opportunity for SEAGL, since I don't have any
> address for them; it would need to come from Larry. Larry, please
> check that your @fedoraproject.org email address is correct -- I think
> I got some sort of bounceback yesterday from a gmx.net address for
> you.
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 5:47 PM, Chris Collings <cpcollings at yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote:
> > Have we any photos or articles explaining more information about these?
> > I'm just wondering if I could use these locally
> >
> > Rikki Endsley <rendsley at redhat.com> wrote:
> >>Ruth is sending some to OLF this week (I think she's in the shipping room
> >>now), and SEAGL is also a great idea.
> >>
> >>Joe Brockmeier is organizing a lot of our LISA presence, and I'm not
> >>attending it this year so I'm not sure what we've arranged with them. I'm
> >>in RDU w/him now, so I'll give him a heads up on this thread so he can
> >>chime in.
> >>
> >>I think that even when F21 comes out, these won't be "dated" - the target
> >>audience is first-time Linux users (people moving from Windows XP). Still,
> >>it would be best to distribute these all by the end of 2014 so they are
> >>"new" (and not taking up storage space).
> >>
> >>And one final note: Linux New Media is eager to do more partnerships with
> >>us. So brainstorm on that.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Rikki Endsley  | Community Evangelist
> >>Open Source and Standards (OSAS), Red Hat
> >>
> >>http://community.redhat.com/
> >>Twitter: @redhatopen | @rikkiends
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Paul W. Frields" <stickster at gmail.com>
> >>> To: marketing at lists.fedoraproject.org
> >>> Cc: "Larry Cafiero" <lcafiero at fedoraproject.org>, rendsley at redhat.com
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 1:13:57 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: Fedora-sponsored specials: All Things Open
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 10:36:39AM -0500, inode0 wrote:
> >>> > On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 7:41 AM, Rikki Endsley <rendsley at redhat.com>
> >>> > wrote:
> >>> > > Is it too late to distribute these at registration or other common
> >>> > > areas
> >>> > > at the event?
> >>> >
> >>> > I would seriously consider sending all or most of them to LISA. Once
> >>> > F21 is released we can still distribute these but they won't have the
> >>> > same appeal.
> >>>
> >>> John,
> >>>
> >>> What about sending a few hundred sent to SEAGL?  That seems like
> >>> another good event with enough time still for these to arrive.  cc'ing
> >>> lcafiero in case he's interested, since we have a few days still to
> >>> get them to him if so.
> >>>
> >>> I like your idea about LISA.  I recall mattdm saying the audience of
> >>> attendees there (more professionals) tends to have a significant bump
> >>> in CentOS/RHEL awareness and use.  Putting modern Fedora in their
> >>> hands sounds like a very good idea.
> >>>
> >>> Do we need to file a FAMNA ticket or anything else to get this
> >>> underway?  We don't want these magazines to age out while we muse
> >>> about what to do with them.
> >>>
> >>> Rikki, is there someone from OSAS at LISA who would take ownership of
> >>> the magazines on site, and putting them in attendees' hands at the
> >>> booth?  (2K is a lot of magazines -- it sounds difficult for them to
> >>> all land at the booth when the show starts.)
> >>>
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