FedoraEvents/LinuxWorld/LinuxWorldSF2005/LinuxWorldSF2005Planning

Planning page for LWCE SF 2005 Fedora Booth

Initial Checklist

Equipment

• Booth Space (Jack) - Done 7/6
• Basic table and 2 chairs (extras from show floor)
• Internet access
• Booth Graphics (Jack)
• Table Skirt in Westford Office (Jack) - Done 7/11. Shipped to RDU (Jack 2005-07-15)
• Vinyl Signs for behind booth (Jack/Greg) - Done (Jack)
• "Logo" in blue, background in white.
• Hand outs w/ presentation schedule - Cross ref w/ Marketing Meeting (Colin)
• Whiteboard (Greg)
• Booth Swag
• T-Shirts and Hats - Done, en route (Greg)
• DVDs (x86) - Done, will arrive directly at showfloor, 5000 units, ship remainder back to RDU
• No stickers, sorry
• Live CD (Jack) - Elliot is working w/ Summer of Code folks. Most likely being burned at the show
• We have a script that will let us create our own live cd, maybe burn there.
• Gift cert for store for certified Extras people (Greg) - Nope
• Special one-off gifts for those really special people (Greg) - Done, various stuff in box
• Hand full of travel mug for special folk
• Red Hat Water (Mountain View) - Done (Karsten)
• A box of Fedora Core 4 bibles for daily raffles or whatnot. - Done (Jesse)
• Three boxes total of books and flyers will be delivered to show floor by Aug 2nd from Wiley. - Done
• Booth Systems (Jesse, ?)
• PPC system (Jack) - Done
• Tom "spot" Callaway will be providing a Mac Mini (Jack 2005-07-16)
• One system from Pogo (Jesse) - Done
• Pogo will provide one Athlon64 workstation w/ keyboard/mouse. Possibly an X2 processor. To be picked up at show floor. (Jesse, 7/20)
• Projector (Jack) - Done
• Not available in Mountian View.
• Rental from LinuxWorld is really expensive. $80/$100 elsewhere. Greg emailed.
• 2 monitors (One for PPC, one for PC) (Jack/Karsten) Done
• AMD will be providing us with 2 LCDs for the booth. We will do some cross promotion with them. (Jack 2005-07-16)
• Need to get stamp from AMD and brief training on stamping qualifications.
• Keyboard/mouse sets for both systems Done
• Requested for Pogo System
• Spot says "No problem" for PPC
• Wireless router/switch (Warren) - Done
• Power Strips (2) (Warren) - Done
• Ethernet Cables 2 to 3 pcs. ~10 ft. (Jesse) - Done
• Systems doing something (Jesse)
• Xen is out according to Jeremy (for kickstarts)
• Logistics (Greg/Jesse/Karsten/Jack)
• Ship a lot of stuff from RH HQ to SF with the RH booth items
• Table Skirt, Done, sent (Greg)
• T-Shirts
• Swag boxes
• Collect items from other vendors on show floor
• Pogo System
• AMD Monitors
• Take delivery of items sent to show floor
• Wiley Stuff (3 boxes)
• DVDs (Possibly second day of show)
• Banner (most likely)
• Projector
• Stage stuff and haul to show and load by hand
• Spot's Mac
• Wireless
• Power Strips and ethernet cables
• RH Water
• Coordinate w/ RH for shipping back
• Agree w/ vendors for returning items right after show

Presentations

• Call for papers (Jack) Done
• Going out 7/14
• Kickstarts (Jesse)
• Anaconda Installer (Jesse)
• Java and FC4 (Anthony Green) - Must be at 11am on 10th.
• Fedora Directory Server (?)
• SELinux (Karsten)
• Why Fedora is Important to Open Source (Warren)
• Update on Fedora Foundation (Karsten)
• Fedora Extras (Spot)
• Fedora Overview (Warren can do this again if you need a slot filled)
• Webbink/Tiemann (Greg) - Mark will be at the Fedora booth on Tuesday, we can finalize a schedule with him on Monday night or when he comes by first on Tuesday.

• BOF - Possibly with Legal Answers by Webbink

Marketing

• Advertising our booth (?)
• Fedoraproject.org (Greg/Elliot)
• Fedora.redhat.com (Greg/Elliot)
• Red Hat Magazine - Done (Greg)
• Will go out 19th in Fedora Status
• Free Passes spammed to Fedora-foo list (Jack) Done
• Sent out Friday Morning
• Word of mouth
• BOF (Jack)
• Aug 9 (Tuesday) 5:30pm ~ 7:00pm
• Avoid conflicts (Greg)
• Show Prize Entries (Jack) - Done
• No conflicts w/ RH (Greg)
• Presentation Coordinator (?)
• Think of our Message for the show
• Get Fedora?
• Community Involvement
• User Driven Innovation
• "Red Hat supported, community driven."
• Fedora Marketing Slick (Greg/Jack)

Man Power

• Booth Duty (Karsten, Jack, Jesse, Spot, Warren, Andrew Puch, MTV SE)
• Jesse's Schedule: Arrive late Monday night, leave Thursday at 6:30pm. Staying at The Mosser Hotel.
• Jack's Schedule: Arrive Sunday afternoon, leave Friday at 6am. Staying at The Nikko Hotel.
• Warren's Schedule: Arrive Sunday evening, leave Friday morning. Staying at The Nikko Hotel.
• Spot's Schedule: Arrive Sunday afternoon, leave Saturday evening. Staying at The Nikko Hotel.
• Karsten's Schedule, final dependent on blending with Uli Drepper's schedule:
• Monday, Noon until finished
• Tuesday, 9 am until 7 pm
• Wednesday, 11 am (?) until 5:30 pm, going to a BoF then socialization
• Thursday, Noon (?) until finished
• Andrew's Schedule, available most of Tuesday and Wednesday.
• An SE from Mountain View (Ken Crandall?)
• Setup
• Karsten (11 am/Noon arrival until bitter end)
• Tear Down
• Jesse (until 5~)
• Karsten (bitter end)
• BOF MC (Jesse)
• BOF Attendees
• Jesse
• Webbink(?)
• Karsten
• Andrew(?)
• Ulrich
• Sources for help
• Fedora Maintainers
• Mountain View Office (RH employees) (Karsten)
• "special" List
• Select individuals from Marketing
• RH Booth people (Greg)

Discussion Thread

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2005-June/msg00315.html

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