Re: Red Hat Road Tour 2002

[Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@purple.com>]

Um, did anything happen with this? There was a flurry of discussion on
the PLUG list about people being interested, but I wonder if the ball
got dropped. Did we find a space? Did Kathleen get news of this from
us?

-Jeff

On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 06:32:59PM -0400, Kathleen Langhi wrote:
> Hi all-
> 
> Just a follow up note to confirm that the Red Hat Road Tour will be in
> the area Nov. 2 and Nov. 3.  At this time, the plan is to head up to
> Ursinus College Saturday night, and then Sunday, meet in the Philadelpia
> area with Linux enthusiasts.  
> 
> We are still needing help securing a location for the event on Sunday
> and having a local coordinator for this event.  If you would like to
> volunteer in this role, please respond.
> 
> We would like to have this stop confirmed with a location by Friday.
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Kathleen
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Kathleen Langhi wrote:
> > 
> > Hi all -
> > 
> > My name is Kathleen and I am helping put together a Red Hat Road Tour
> > kicking off (tentatively) Oct. 31.  At this point in time, it looks like
> > our road team will be in the your area Nov 3, and we would
> > like the opportunity to spend some time with you.  Please note that this
> > is still tentative and things might change.
> > 
> > We got a note from a couple of people in response to our Under the Brim
> > contest
> > saying we should stop in Philadelphia...so we are!  We will be stopping
> > in at Ursinus College Saturday night and then will remain in the area on
> > Sunday.  We realize Sunday is not the best day, but there are two
> > options here... 1) I can give you the name of the person setting up the
> > Ursinus College event and you guys can crash the party  2) You can have
> > your own event at an appropriate time on Sunday the 3rd and have the Red
> > Hat roadies all to yourself.
> > 
> > (*Note: I saw on the Philly LUG site that you are associated with the
> > University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, we'd also like to invite
> > them to participate if you see fit.)
> > 
> > So you tell me!
> > 
> > A popular question has been, what are you guys going to be doing on this
> > "road tour" anyway?  Good question. That depends a bit on what you want.
> > We are prepared to do a number of things such as:
> > 
> > 1) Give away stuff
> > 2) Demo 8.0
> > 3) Technical round table/panel discussion
> > 4) Talk about legislative issues and OpenSource
> > 5) Buy the Red Hatters some lunch...;-) (or dinner in this case)
> > 
> > So, for the purposes of this email, I thought I would try to get the
> > conversation started as to what type of event is possible.
> > 
> > Here are some questions to consider:
> > 
> > 1:  What would be the location?
> > 
> > 2:  Does the date work?
> > 
> > 3:  Our team has all day Sunday, what would be a convenient time?
> > 
> > 4:  Are there any special guidelines we would need to follow as far as
> > parking our RV at this location?  Is it permissable by the
> > school/college (if applicable)? Where would be the best place to park?
> > 
> > 5:  What would the set up be?  Would there be a gathering in a
> > conference hall or a classroom? Or would it be a hoppin event in the
> > parking lot?
> > 
> > 6:  How many people can we expect?  Just a rough estimate would be
> > great.
> > 
> > 7:  How long would you like for us to hang out?
> > 
> > 8:  Would you like help publicizing the event?  If so, in what ways can
> > we help?
> > 
> > We don't need these answers right away...but, fairly soon.
> > 
> > Who would be the main contact or event planner?  Please provide contact
> > information if possible or you are welcome to contact me.
> > 
> > Also, after the above questions have been answered, we would also need
> > the name and address of where the event is to take place.  And if there
> > is someone that could provide directions, that would be tremendously
> > helpful.
> > 
> > I think that's all for now.  I will keep you informed as the route of
> > our tour gets firmed up.  We should have something up shortly on
> > redhat.com to help publicize the event. I'll let you know when it's
> > live.
> > 
> > We are very excited at the prospect of this event!  Please let me know
> > how we can help make it a success and valuable to those who attend.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Kathleen Langhi
> > Red Hat
> > Direct Marketing Coordinator
> > 1801 Varsity Dr.
> > Raleigh, NC 27606
> > 866 273 3428 ext 44285
> > 
> > P.S. If I should not be available, you can also speak to Stephanie
> > Jordan, Project Coordinator here at Red Hat.  Same phone number and ext.
> > 44091.

-- 
 Jeff

 Jeff Abrahamson  <http://www.purple.com/jeff/>