Re: Solutions Linux 2005 Feb 1,2,3 Paris

Josh--Remember I have a bunch of T-shirts as well.

Also, the english handouts I made are available:

General PostgreSQL Flyer:
Open source hack away. Open Office or Doc format available on request.
http://www.varlena.com/GeneralBits/Tidbits/pgflyer.pdf

PostgreSQL and the Open Source Maturity Model:
Copyrighted. Free to copy and distribute by anyone as long as
copyright notice and varlena logo stay on it.
http://www.varlena.com/GeneralBits/Tidbits/pgosmm1.pdf

--elein

On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 12:32:23PM -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Jean-Paul,
>
> > We'll have a booth this year at the exhibit, for PostgreSQLFr.org internet
> > site and french non-lucrative association (french 1901 law for
> > non-lucrative associations). It should be as big as a table and two school
> > chairs :)
>
> Wow, is this done? It must be *much* easier in Europe.
>
> > 1 or 2 posters as a minimum,
>
> I can't ship you a banner; we only have one and it would cost almost as much
> to ship as to reproduce. However, we have a banner *design*, formatted for
> the standard sizes available at Kinko's. We produced a 3' x 6' banner (i
> think) for $150 here; I'd imagine the cost would be similar in Europe.
>
> > anything else? Like TShirts for example?... Books?
>
> I can send you t-shirts for the volunteers (how many?) and a couple copies of
> Kerry Douglas' book, in English. Please give me a headcount ASAP as I leave
> town in one week and then won't be able to ship anything until January.
>
> The other really cool thing to do would be to create bootable PostgreSQL CDs
> in French and hand them out. Talk to Robert Bernier about how he created
> the English ones featuring 7.4. And keep in mind that we handed out 700 of
> them at Linux World Expo, so you'll want to have quite a few.
>
> You should also create a flyer (with the help of this list) on 8.0 or on
> PostgreSQL in general and print several hundred.
>
> > Lets'say we'll add 1 or 2 euros for our the association funding. The
> > objective is clearly not to make money but just having a little money to
> > start hiring the association's server. (PostgreSQLFr.org is hosted on a
> > friend's server since feb 2004...). Every booth there has its own tshirt
> > and stuff. We would be so proud in wearing PostgreSQL Tshirts :)
>
> See above. I have about 16 t-shirts left and have been saving them for
> something like this.
>
> > I'll try to ask O'Reilly to let PostgreSQL books at our booth... Is this a
> > good idea? There are good books too in Eyrolles (fr editor of computer's
> > books).
>
> I don't think O'Reilly has anything remotely current out on PostgreSQL.
> Perhaps Pearsons (AW, SAMS), instead? They have a few titles which are more
> current, and many of them translated. I can ask Pearsons in the US who to
> contact there.
>
> How big is this convention?
>
> > Well, I listen to any help. Its the first time I organize such a thing in
> > my life, I have no idea of how it can be done .
>
> I'm happy to help. I've done about 8 booths at this point. The most
> important thing is to make a list NOW of what you'll need/want, how long
> they'll take, how much they'll cost, and who's responsible. I'd even
> suggest creating this list as an OOo doc and putting it up on the "press"
> project on pgFoundry, where the 8.0 releases are, so everyone can share it.
>
> --
> Josh Berkus
> Aglio Database Solutions
> San Francisco
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