When? Where?

• 25 november 2007
  • Gent EXPO Gent

Participants

• Dieter
• Pieter
• kennywest
• Peter (cancelled)
• David
• you?

Fees

• € 38 in fees paid by kennywest

Pracitical

• 9.00: preparation. Be there. Part of this is a role play, training ourselves to meet visitors.
• 10.00: start. The first three hours are the busiest. Try to be there in the morning if you can only afford to spend half a day!
• 17.00: fair closed
• 18.00: booth cleaned up

Stuff needed

paper, attachments, various

• Posters (A1 posters?)
• Flyers?
• Pen's?
• Tablecloth (length about 6 meter?) (Dieter)
• Power extension cords + power strips. (Dieter can bring some)
• Candy?
• Contribution urn (Dieter kan bring one)
• Duct tape?
• ...

electronics

• cd's to burn feisty on or already with feisty on them (100) + paper bags for them?
  • Dieter can bring a external combo-writer (works plug and play with Ubuntu)
  • Dieter still has some paper bags and empty cd's.
• computers/laptops
  • Dieter has an Eventbox in Ghent, with the following:
    • A desktop PC with Gutsy
    • 2 17" CRT screens
  • Dieter has a laptop with Gutsy, and will look for an extra laptop.
  • David has a 2 laptops on which Gutsy will be installed
  • ...
• ...

What else?

• Digital camera! (Dieter)
• Kennywest could arrange transportation from Dieter to the Expo (with the materials)

Report

This Ubuntu fair took place in Flanders Expo in Ghent. (Instead of the usual ICC building). Kenneth arranged transport, so we could take our material to the fair. When we arrived there we took our inflatable Tux-pinquin and walked towards our booth. Which made it easy for David to recognize us. Pieter was already waiting at the booth. We briefly introduced each other and unloaded our materials. We brought many interesting stuff. Kenneth brought a Fluxbuntu laptop, Pieter a KDE4 version, Dieter some Compiz Fusion stuff, and David a kick-ass laptop.

A bit later Cedric joined us. He could help us out with the French visitors, which was very handy.

At 10 o'clock people entered the fair. And soon lots of people came to our booth, asking us about Ubuntu. People were impressed by the great usability. We noticed lots of people who already knew it and used. Most of them were very happy with it.

Time flew by, and soon it was 5PM, as we cleaned up the booth. Afterwards we went to drink something at the Overpoort Bowl. I really enjoyed myself, I hope the rest did too. See you next fair!

Pictures

Dieter at the center, then Cedric and Pieter at the right.

Dieter trying to explain that the laptops are not for sale

Kenneth at the left, Pieter and Cedric at the right.

Kenneth convincing some people to install Ubuntu.

Tux oversaw everything, and saw it was okay