Next InstallFest

Sure. Getting stuff from the Linux distros and directly Linux related businesses is not very hard, just takes email time mostly.

However, getting sponsorship from tangential (book stores, food, etc.) and local companies is where it gets harder. I there is someone out there with real PR experience in getting sponsorships that could help me with that, I would appreciate it greatly.

Also, one thing that makes a big difference for some sponsors is for the event to have a web site. Once we have a place and date, we need an event web page to point people at. It becomes more "real" for the sponsors at that point. plugpresents.com seems to still be up. We will have to see if Jim can get something up there, as he has in the past.

Alan

-------Original Message-------
From: George Gambill <ggambill@computer-guidance.com>
Sent: 06/27/03 12:39 PM
To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Subject: RE: Next InstallFest

>
> Alan,

Would you be willing to coordinate sponsors once again? Or, at least, let
us pick your brain?

-----Original Message-----

From: Alan Dayley <alandd@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: Next InstallFest

If you want to pull in people from outside the Linux community, and if you
want to get some business sponsorships you must allow AT LEAST 2 months
for
publicity and negociations to take place.

And, you can't go to most potential sponsors and say "We are still setting
the time and place so will you be a sponsor?" The date, time and place
must
be finalized at least 2 months ahead of time and THEN we can go get
sponsors
and start publishing announcements.

(Quoth Alan, he who has sought sponsors for previous InstallFests.)

-------Original Message-------
From: Robert Wultsch <robert.wultsch@asu.edu>
Sent: 06/27/03 11:19 AM
To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Subject: Re: Next InstallFest

>
> Score! No clue where it should be but the when I have some thoughts on.
How bout at least a month from now.


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