15:31:05 <rbergeron> #startmeeting Summit Marketing discussion
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15:31:12 <rbergeron> #meetingname summit marketing discussion
15:31:12 <zodbot> The meeting name has been set to 'summit_marketing_discussion'
15:31:17 * rbergeron will make zodbot take notes
15:31:24 <rbergeron> jsmith: ready anytime you are
15:37:05 <jsmith> rbergeron: Sorry, phone call
15:37:08 <jsmith> rbergeron: I'm back now
15:37:14 <jsmith> #topic Booth
15:37:27 * jsmith isn't chair, sorry
15:37:44 <jsmith> The RH event folks are trying to finalize design of the booth
15:37:51 <jsmith> Specifically, they want to know:
15:38:05 <rbergeron> #chair jsmith
15:38:06 <zodbot> Current chairs: jsmith rbergeron
15:38:08 <jsmith> 1) The bullet points for the middle panels of the proposed design
15:38:47 <jsmith> 2) Whether the two tables on the sides of the booth are enough table space, or if we really want a long table at the front (which will block people from entering the booth)
15:39:09 <rbergeron> :)
15:39:23 <jsmith> rbergeron, stickster, mizmo: Do any of you remember Marco's booth from last year, and how much table space it had?
15:39:36 * jsmith is having a hard time visualizing the space
15:40:00 <mizmo> i dont
15:40:03 <mizmo> maybe marco would
15:40:15 * mizmo trying to think who else was there
15:41:10 <rbergeron> i didn't go last year
15:41:36 * rbergeron just made sig0's plane reservation though
15:41:46 <jsmith> #info Photo at http://www.flickr.com/photos/hpetty/4728825863/in/pool-1409732@N24/
15:42:13 <jsmith> #info Slightly different angle here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hpetty/4728826081/in/pool-1409732@N24/
15:42:23 <jsmith> What do you folks think -- enough table space?
15:42:49 <rbergeron> that setup doesn't seem bad - with the TV in the back rather than the front
15:42:58 <rbergeron> 1 tv vs 2 tv's out front
15:43:10 <rbergeron> so long as we have some chair space
15:44:20 <jsmith> Oh, you'd rather have a single TV in the middle, and the bullet points on the outside?
15:44:47 <jsmith> Do we want bullet points at all?
15:45:12 * rbergeron ponders that
15:45:50 <rbergeron> bullet points just seem so...
15:46:32 <rbergeron> i don't know.
15:46:41 <rbergeron> i guess i'm having a hard time envisioning how they will make that attractive.
15:50:46 <rbergeron> are we still pondering having sitting area in the middle?
15:51:39 <rbergeron> are they hooking us up with computers/monitors like they have in this arrangement?
15:53:55 <jsmith> That's my understanding, yes
15:54:15 <rbergeron> nice
15:54:17 <jsmith> OK, I've got a meeting scheduled this afternoon to discuss things with them
15:54:20 <rbergeron> yeah
15:54:22 <rbergeron> i'm invited as well
15:54:23 <jsmith> Just so that we're all on the same page :-)
15:54:28 <jsmith> Ah, great!
15:54:30 <rbergeron> unless htat's a different meeting
15:54:32 <rbergeron> with kristin?
15:54:35 * rbergeron looks at calendar
15:54:36 <jsmith> Yeah
15:54:41 <rbergeron> yeah
15:54:45 <jsmith> For some reason I thought it was yesterday, but it's today
15:54:48 * jsmith is losing his mind
15:54:54 <rbergeron> WELCOME TO MY WORLD
15:54:58 <jsmith> It's only Thursday :-)
15:55:08 <jsmith> OK, I agree -- the bullets don't do it for me
15:55:32 <rbergeron> I'd rather see like... that red background with the typing stuff overlaid - but maybe in blue
15:55:36 <rbergeron> in the middle with the TV like they have
15:55:46 <rbergeron> or maybe blue on the sides with tv/whiteboard in the middle
15:55:56 <rbergeron> if we could get a photo collage that would be interesting
15:55:59 <rbergeron> of fedora stuff
15:56:03 <rbergeron> but
15:56:04 <rbergeron> ...
15:56:43 <jsmith> Yeah... maybe similar to the Fedora booth at FISL last year
15:56:45 * jsmith looks for photos
15:57:15 <rbergeron> also: if we want the event box or banners for whatever reason we should put it on the events page and file a ticket
15:57:20 <rbergeron> (I'm thinking for OLPCs if nothing else)
15:57:32 <rbergeron> (though I could probably just bring the two i have)
15:57:43 <jsmith> Yeah, let's get on the list for an event box
15:57:45 <rbergeron> (OLPCs, not event boxes :D)
15:57:46 <jsmith> Do you mind doing that?
15:57:53 <rbergeron> Do we want banners?
15:57:59 <jsmith> No, I don't think we'll need them
15:58:01 <rbergeron> OR CAN WE GET MORE FREE BANNERS
15:58:02 <rbergeron> lol
15:58:03 <rbergeron> ok
15:58:35 * rbergeron will fill out the stuff, though we need an address at the place to ship to, which I think they're going to provide us at some point
15:58:54 * rbergeron will note to reask that question today
15:59:10 <rbergeron> jsmith: are you going early? or do you know what days you are going
16:01:48 <jsmith> Wasn't really planning on it
16:02:21 <rbergeron> okay
16:05:34 <rbergeron> anyway
16:05:41 * rbergeron is requesting the box
16:05:46 <rbergeron> anything else?
16:05:52 <rbergeron> we don't need media
16:06:21 <jsmith> No, but we need a postcard design
16:06:30 <rbergeron> right
16:06:45 <rbergeron> and flyers
16:06:46 <rbergeron> possibly
16:07:04 <jsmith> If we have time to get them designed, printed, etc.
16:07:12 * rbergeron is just wondering if there is anything that we already have that needs to be moved around but I think it sounds like not
16:07:28 * jsmith can't think of anything
16:08:51 <jsmith> #topic Any Other Business?
16:09:03 <rbergeron> nada.
16:09:04 <rbergeron> well
16:09:21 * rbergeron will file a ticket for a postcard design i guess after this
16:09:26 <jsmith> OK.
16:09:53 <jsmith> Worse comes to worse, we find a historic picture of Boston (CC-licensed, of course), slap some text on it, and we're good
16:10:06 <jsmith> (similar to the SXSW postcards that Ruth made for opensource.com)
16:10:32 <rbergeron> did she make different ones?
16:10:39 <rbergeron> or are they the same opensource.com cards
16:10:42 <jsmith> That being said, I have no artistic sense whatsoever, so don't think I'm sold on my own idea
16:10:50 <jsmith> rbergeron: She made one especially for SXSW
16:10:54 <rbergeron> oh
16:11:35 <rbergeron> anything different about them that yuou were thinking specifically?
16:11:43 <rbergeron> (since you said similar to the sxsw postcards)
16:13:57 <jsmith> Naw, we just need a way for folks to get their free USB key
16:14:16 <jsmith> I figured a postcard would be cheap, easy, and provide a little extra marketing kick at the same time
16:14:36 <rbergeron> right
16:14:45 <rbergeron> okay
16:15:04 <rbergeron> well i just didn't know if there as something different about the sxsw one vs. the regular opensource.com cards that you were thinking of :)
16:15:19 <jsmith> The design was just very simple, but effective
16:15:20 <rbergeron> alrighty
16:15:20 <jsmith> That's all
16:15:22 * rbergeron will file a ticket
16:15:26 <jsmith> I've gotta run... I need to grab some lunch before my 1:00
16:15:29 * rbergeron will talk to ruth too
16:15:31 <rbergeron> ok
16:15:36 <rbergeron> #endmeeting