Re: KDE at Augsburger Linux-Infotag (DE)

Hi Paul & Aniqa,

thanks for detailed answer.
We will reply in some days with the answer of the ToDos, so we are busy in =
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moment.

The general Idea from Michael and me is to show presents at Linux Summits=20
(which are not only visited by Students!).

We don't need a lot of support. Only some=20
> ## Available Materials
> We have a bunch of stuff you can already use.

At least at my planning (will be updated soon):
> - A large tablecloth with the KDE K and gear logo on it for the booth
> - A standup banner
> - A set of laminated "slides" with descriptions and QRs pointing to
> important sites (for apps, Plasma, donations, outreach, etc.) -- see
> attachment

I don't know, if we need the drawing tablet, so at lest I have no Knowledge=
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about Krita :-(
> - A drawing tablet for Krita demos

Remark: I don't think we need much more. The equipment we will send after t=
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the event.

Cheers
Ulf

Am Freitag, 9. Februar 2024, 14:37:22 CET schrieb Paul Brown:
> Hello Ulf and Michael,
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> Thanks for offering to cover this event.
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> We would first like to apologise beforehand for the extra bureaucracy we =
now
> put you through to get what you need for a successful event. Please
> remember this is new for us too and we still have to iron out the kinks. =
We
> do think it will make everything better in the long run: booth staff at
> events will have more and better materials, more expense coverage and a
> clearer idea of what they want to achieve.
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> Speaking of, let's start with that:
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> ## Goals
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> We need you to tell us about your goals. The "goals" are simple one-sente=
nce
> statements that say what you want to achieve. Examples of goals are:
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> - Increase the number of Supporting Members [by 10]*
> - Convince attendees interested in gaming to try Plasma (for gaming) on
> their laptops
> - Encourage users to install app [X] on their devices
> - Recruit contributors for project(s) [Y]
> - Recruit mentees for SoK/GSoC
> - Convince [company|organization|public entity] to use [software K|framew=
ork
> L]
> - Encourage atendees to support KDe iwht donations*
> - Etc.
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> Please note that things like
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> - Raise awareness of KDE among students
> - Inform attendees (about Z)
> - Give out stickers
> - Etc.
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> are **not** promotional goals. They are the things you do to reach your
> goals of increasing the number of users/contributors/community members,
> raise funds, get companies interested in using our frameworks, etc.
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> Goals help us determine what you will need to take with you and let's you
> know what to say to attendees because you know where you want to take the=
m.
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> If you want to get people to adopt software X, you will need a device that
> will be able to run X in the best possible way. You may also need
> peripherals for certain apps, like a drawing tablet and pen for Krita. If
> you want to seduce gamers, you're probably going to need a Steam Deck or
> some other Plasma powered gaming console, or at the very least laptop with
> Plasma and Steam and an active Steam account. If you want to convince a
> school to adopt Free Software for children, you may want to have a laptop
> or tablet with GCompris installed.
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> And so on.
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> ---
> * Note that not all types of goals will apply to all events. For an event=
 in
> Augsburg University, the goals requiring donations may not be realistic.
> Students are poor! Feel free to pick and choose the ones that you think
> will work for your particular event.
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> ---
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> ## Available Materials
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> We have a bunch of stuff you can already use.
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> From the list below, please tell us what you want -- or just "Everything!"
> if you need it all:
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> - A large tablecloth with the KDE K and gear logo on it for the booth
> - A standup banner
> - A drawing tablet for Krita demos
> - A set of laminated "slides" with descriptions and QRs pointing to
> important sites (for apps, Plasma, donations, outreach, etc.) -- see
> attachment
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> Note the last item on that list is standing in for flyers, as we are not
> doing those anymore. Flyers are difficult to design, expensive to produce,
> an environmental hazard, and usually end up in the trash anyway.
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> Instead, we invite attendees who require more information to scan a QR and
> they get to read our virtual digital flyers (aka "websites") on their
> phones. I mean, if they can do scan a QR to order food, you can do it at
> tech conference, right?
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> IMPORTANT NOTE: If you need some or all of the above, we have to know how=
 to
> get it to you. Can you tell us where you are located so we can figure out
> the logistics?
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> ## Stickers
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> We can also provide you with stickers. For this we need to have an estima=
te
> of how many people will attend the event so we can place an order. The be=
st
> way to find out then number of attendees is by contacting the organizers
> and ask what the attendance was like in prior years.
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> Do that, get back to us and we'll place an order for you.
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> ## Extras
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> Under this heading are the thing we don't have in the pack (yet) and you =
may
> have to take yourselves. Some of the stuff we can help source from other
> contributors.
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> The list:
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> - At least 2 laptops: One for demoing Plasma, one for demoing apps. If you
> have a third one to run the QR slideshow, it won't hurt
> - At least one large, standalone monitor. You use this to mirror whatever=
 is
> going on the demo laptops so people can see it from afar.
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> #### Optional but very good to have
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> - A Steam Deck (or some other Plasma-powered game console)
> - A (Pine?)phone with Plasma Mobile installed
> - Other electronics with KDE software embedded (Raspberry Pis, Risc V SBC=
s,
> etc.)
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> ## Budget
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> Finally we have to figure out the budget. This typically includes the cost
> of travel for booth staff, stickers (and cost of any other merch),
> transport cost for materials, etc.
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> We will need you to get us the costs for tickets to and from the venue. Do
> you need accommodation or will you be travelling to and from the event on
> the same day?
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> ## TODOs
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> To summarise, what we need from you is:
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> - A list of goals
> - A list of materials you think you may need
> - Your current location
> - An estimate for travel costs
> - An estimate of the number of attendees (for stickers)
> - Information about anything else you may need.
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> Let us now what you think and, again, apologies for the long list of TODOs
> and thank you for covering this event.
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> Cheers
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> Paul & Aniqa
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> On Tuesday, 6 February 2024 22:26:40 CET Ulf Bartholom=C3=A4us wrote:
> > Hi Vinzenz,
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> > I'm not sure if we need so much. I have a Convertible running with
> > Tumbleweed KDE and according my info Michael have one device with KDEne=
on.
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> > If you can provide me one device with TuxedoOS2, this can be shown as
> > well.
> > In best case we can show a multi Monitor setup as well.
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> > But we are looking more about a tablecloth and a KDE flag (or similar),
> > like you can find at Carls Homepage from Vorarlberg Linux Days:
> > https://carlschwan.eu/2023/10/03/linux-days-voralberg/stand.jpg
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> > Also some KDE-Flyers as well 2 or 3 Shirts with KDE Logo for me and
> > Michael
> > will be nice (I would pay them if possible).
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> > Cheers
> > Ulf
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> > Am Dienstag, 6. Februar 2024, 14:02:12 CET schrieb Vinzenz Vietzke:
> > > Hi,
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> > > Am 05.02.24 um 22:03 schrieb Ulf Bartholom=C3=A4us:
> > > > at Saturday, 20th April 2024 will be the 20. "Augsburger
> > > > Linux-Infotag"
> > > > in
> > > > the rooms from "Technischen Hochschule Augsburg".
> > > > https://www.luga.de/LIT-2024/
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> > > > Michael (see CC) and would present KDE (especially the new Plasma6
> > > > Desktop). Is it possible to provide us some material to present KDE
> > > > properly =F0=9F=98=89
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> > > our offer from last year of course still stands:
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> > > If you need hardware to show KDE things & Plasma just let me know.
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> > > Cheers,
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> > > Vinz