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Fw: [linuxdemo-announce] Hello All!



September 12-18 is going to be celebrated as Linux Demo Week - to create
awareness on Linux as the O/S of choice.

What are our plans in India ?

- - Soumya

Soumyanath Chatterjee
<soumyac@xxxxxxxxxxx>
URL: http://www.bigfoot.com/~soumyac
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Deepak Saxena <deepak@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <linuxdemo-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 12 July 1999 10:49
Subject: [linuxdemo-announce] Hello All!


>
> Hello all!  Many of you who are only on this linuxdemo-announce list and
> not on the discuss list are probably wondering exactly what is happening
> with this project as there has been almost nothing posted to the list.
> Hopefully by the time you are done reading this message, you will
> have a better understanding of the project schedule and goals.
>
> I want to start out by thanking everyone for your interest in this
> project. Since this project was announced, we have had 60 LUGs sign
> up, and I'm sure we will get more as more people hear about us.
>
> Schedule of Events
>
> First thing I'd like to present is the project schedule.  We have
> a set of dates that will help us, the project staff, get everthing
> done on time for LDD '99.
>
>    July 23
>       Last Day for Sponsors to sign up
>    August 6
>       Linux Information Brochure posted on line.
>       This is a document I will put together that
>       is meant for LUGs to download, print, and handout
>       to demo day visitors.  I am putting together
>       the english version which will be translated to
>       other languages as requested/needed.  A rough draft
>       will be available July 23rd for review.
>    August 10-12
>       The Linux Demo Day staff plans on being @ Linux World Expo
>       in San Jose, CA.  Our goal is to let more LUGs and
>       the general public learn about this project. If you
>       plan to be at the expo and want to help man our
>       booth, please let me know.
>    August 15
>       Last day for LUGs to sign up for participation
>    August 20 -> LDD
>       Sponsors ship materials to participating LUGs
>    September 12 -> 18
>       LUGs have their LDD events!
>
> One issue that has come up in the discuss list is that we would like
> to designate one of the days between 09/12->09/18 as the official Linux
> Demo Day to help increase the project's impact. The reason for this
> is that local and national media is much more likely to say anything
> about this project if there is a single date around which it revolves.
> For this reason, if you have already decided on what date you will
> be having your event, please let me know by email.  If you haven't
> decided yet, please let me know what days you are considering.   I
> don't need this info right away, just sometime in the next two weeks.
> Once I have this information, I am simply going to use the most common
> date as the official date for all our announcements.
>
> Organizational Matters
>
> If your LUG hasn't started organizing for your demonstration, I suggest
> reading the Linux Public Demonstration Guide that we've thrown together
> to help participating LUGs. It provides some pointers on what needs to
> be done to prepare for the demo day. It is available at:
>
>    [en] http://www.linuxdemo.org/docs/demo_guide.shtml
>    [fr] http://www.linuxdemo.org/francais/docs/demo_guide.shtml
>
> Also, as you get more details about your event, please be sure to
> update your LUG's information on the website.  If you have forgotten
> the password for your lug, please let me know and I can reset it.
> The URL to edit your lug information is:
>
>   http://www.linuxdemo.org/lugs.php
>
> Future of LDD
>
> I would like to inform all our participating LUGs that the LDD project
> plans to repeat next year and hopefully every year after that until the
> term Linux is as well known by consumers as Windows and Mac.  We will
> have learned a lot after this first time and will probably have many more
> sponsors lined up this by this time next year.  In addition, we are
> working on turning LDD into an official 501(c) non-profit organization.
> This will allow us to get more funding which will let us do things
> like webcast from around the world and advertise on websites.
>
> In closing, I'd like to once thank all the LUG coordinators
> for getting their LUGs involved!  If you know of any other LUGs that
> are not involved with this project, please point them towards our
> website.
>
> May the source be with you,
> Deepak Saxena
> Linux Demo Day Director
>
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