Linux Demo Day Event

[Brian Kelsay]

Mac or somebody, you have to submit that bit about the policeman to one of
the Linux news organizations or the Demo Day page or something.  That is
hilarious.
I figured once it started raining yesterday that no one would hassle you
guys.
I hope you didn't get too wet or cold for the cause.   I went to
Fuddruckers after my class got out and the place was closed up.

Congratulations on a job well done spreading the word.

Brian
Former Y2K Flunky

----- Original Message -----
From: Mac Wisler <mac at wisler.org>

>
> For those curious, the Linux Demo Day event at Bartle hall was a complete
> success.  Despite the rain and cold weather, approx. 40 some people from
> KULUA and KCLUG showed up to hand out CD's and promote Linux.  There was
> no need to force our stuff on anyone either, there were plenty of people
> coming up and asking for it.  The press releases that were issued were
> very helpful, many people mentioned they had read about us being there
and
> that the primary reason they came was for the free Linux cd.  The 800+
> CD's that we had were gone by around 7:30, but there were still plenty of
> people who just wanted to talk with us about how to get more information
> and what was involved to do an install  After the event, most people went
> on to Fuddruckers for dinner and t-shirts, stickers, boxed distributions,
> and plenty of other fun stuff was passed out to all the hard working
> advocates.
>
> Kudos go out to Jeffrey Watts and Dustin Decker from KULUA for really
> putting a lot of work into organizing the event.  Everyone who showed up
> or helped in one way or another should also be proud that we definitely
> pulled this thing off without a hitch.
>
> I think that this successful outcome proves that there is definitely a
> very strong interest in Linux in the KC area and that there are plenty of
> people out there hungry for more information, we just need to start
> dishing it out.
>
> Mac
>
>
> p.s.
>
> We were approached by a police officer shortly after we showed up, but he
> just wanted to get a Linux cd.
>