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I'm for this |
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On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Corey Shields wrote: |
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> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 19:19:28 -0700 |
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> From: Corey Shields <cshields@g.o> |
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> To: gentoo-trustees@l.g.o |
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> Subject: [gentoo-trustees] LWE-SF budget request |
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> Greetings! |
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> I've been working on organizing our presence at LWE in San Francisco |
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> this year (coming up in August). I would like to propose a budget from |
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> the Foundation for our booth. |
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> The budget looks like so: |
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> Flyers[1] $265 |
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> Incidentals[2] $85 |
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> ==================== |
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> Total $350 |
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> [1] - This would cover an order of 2500 half-page (8.5 x 5.5) |
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> double-sided full color flyers. I have a rough draft that I have been |
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> working on lately and solicited assistance from the rest of the PR team. |
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> The quote is from dgpink.com, a company that came recommended by solar |
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> and horton |
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> [2] - This category is meant to cover anything that is unexpected up |
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> front or hard to estimate. This includes shipping of demo systems and |
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> booth gear to and from the show. Also included may be any extra booth |
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> rentals we decide to make (for example, at Boston an extra table was |
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> rented for like $50). |
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> -------------------- |
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> In previous years of LWE either Daniel has taken care of things out of |
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> pocket, one year IU paid for a lot of things, and we have also relied |
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> upon booth donations in the past. None of these methods provides for |
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> preparing materials ahead of time to give away. It's always a personal |
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> peeve of mine to spend a week talking about Gentoo and not be able to |
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> give visitors anything with our website or name to take home. The order |
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> of flyers could cover a large demand (there will be about 5,000 - 7,000 |
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> visitors to LWE this year, but not all of them will want a flyer of |
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> course). If there are extra flyers we can save them for the next |
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> conference. |
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> I'm assuming we will have a tip jar again this year (we usually do). It |
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> typically brings in one to a few hundred dollars. Any money made will |
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> be returned to the Foundation as per instructions on the web site. My |
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> purpose in stating this is not to guarantee that the budget will be |
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> refunded, but to note that some of it will. |
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> The purpose of this proposal (and our presence at LWE) is to help |
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> further public knowledge of Gentoo. |
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> Alternative to this proposal is to not have a budget at all. I have no |
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> plans of funding flyers and such myself, so we may not have them |
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> otherwise. (I don't mean that to sound as a threat, just to be thorough |
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> in this email) |
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> The timeframe for this budget is from upon approval until after a week |
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> after LWE (August 19, 2005) |
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> We can discuss this in email, or in bugzilla if someone else wants to |
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> support this Foundation-wise (it's kinda unfair for me to do it, and |
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> hence I should probably abstain from a vote on it too). |
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> Cheers, |
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> -Corey |
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