I just wanted to add a word about media sponsorship -- namely, don't overlook it when drawing up lists of potential donors/sponsors.  Last year we managed to put one article about the meeting on Linux.com, but a sponsored ad "buy" on the other SourceForge sites (Slashdot, Freshmeat, SF.net) in advance would reach considerably more eyes. Thanks, Nate <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 1:17 AM, Dave Neary <<a href="mailto:dneary@free.fr">dneary@free.fr</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi, I'll let someone else draw up a list of potential interested benefactors, do the push for the drive, and send out regular updates letting people know where we're at this time (last year took a lot of my time over 2 weeks, but perhaps not much of it was visible). We have the possibility of using last year's donors (who wished to not remain anonymous) as a starting point for this year's campaign. Cheers, Dave. <div class="Ih2E3d"> Jon Phillips wrote: > Sure, it worked well last time! lets do it again and have a more > coordinate strike as part of the sponsorship drive. Louis, please lets > us know when budget estimates are ready, then we can sync up! > > Cheers! > > Jon > > On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 01:36 +0300, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:49 PM, Louis Desjardins wrote: >> >>> Please stay tuned for further details. You can already book your flights! >> Are we doing another Pledge company btw? >> >> Alexandre >> _______________________________________________ >> CREATE mailing list >> <a href="mailto:CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org">CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org</a> >> <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create" target="_self">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create</a> -- </div>Dave Neary <a href="mailto:dneary@free.fr">dneary@free.fr</a> Tel: +33 9 51 13 46 45 Cell: +33 6 77 01 92 13 <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">_______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list <a href="mailto:CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org">CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org</a> <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create" target="_self">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> -- nathan.p.willis <a href="mailto:nwillis@glyphography.com">nwillis@glyphography.com</a> aim/ym/gtalk:n8willis <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/willis">flickr.com/photos/willis</a>