Re: Northeast LinuxFest

Yes there will be a lot of students there. This is why I would like you 
guys to come. Also I will wave the fee please register on the  site and 
in the notes put that you want a table so I know. Thanks for your support.

--Jonathan Nadeau  On 01/29/2011 04:02 PM, Justin Kirby wrote:
> Hi Algot,
>
> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Algot Runeman 
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     Justin,
>
>     What is the appropriate way to reserve the KDE table for the
>     Northeast LinuxFest event to be held in Worcester, MA on Saturday
>     April 2.
>     Should I do the Paypal donation of $30 and seek a reimbursement?
>     From whom? (or consider it a donation to KDE e.v.?)
>
>
> KDE has a policy of not paying for booths.  I think it has to do with 
> the rules of being a German non-profit organization, so basically 
> reimbursement here is not an option.  Historically, most organizations 
> I've dealt with don't have a problem waiving the fee for KDE so long 
> as we demonstrate firm commitment to show up and not waste their booth 
> space by bailing at the last second.  Jonathan, can you provide us 
> some guidance here for Northeast LF's policy?
>
>
>     What materials are available, and who do I ask to get them sent to
>     me ahead of the conference. The conference is in a college
>     (Worcester State U.) and it will be easier for me to transport
>     them rather than hoping the college will be able to get and hold them.
>
>
> Most of the materials are available in source files on the Promo wiki 
> and also if you look at the community.kde.org 
> <http://community.kde.org> section for the ISMP which has some "join 
> the game" flyers, etc.  Let me know what you find there and we can 
> talk over anything that's missing.  Once you've got all the source 
> files you can get them printed somewhere and that cost can be 
> submitted to the e.V. board for reimbursement.  Ideally I think you'll 
> want to get a quote first and send it to the board ahead of time to 
> make sure they agree it's OK to spend that amount of money and that 
> you'll be reimbursed before you drop your own cash on it.
>
>
>     I've contacted Leo Franchi, who was, I think, another person at
>     the KDE table at LinuxCon in Boston.
>     I lost my emails from the LinuxCon time period, but was able to
>     use Leo's KDE address to contact him.
>     If you could provide contact info with the others in the area,
>     I'll pursue finding out if they are interested in taking part. I
>     am guessing that the college crowd will include some students who
>     might be potential developers and having a programmer from KDE or
>     the open source community would help go engage them.
>
>
> I will dig up and forward you the thread that has all the email 
> addresses form LinuxCon momentarily.
>
> Thanks for taking the lead on this!
> Justin
>
>
>     All the best,
>     --Algot
>
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