Sunday just gone I ran an Infopoint at Trentham Gardens in Stoke. See below for the post I sent to StaffsLUG. SimonColderley is the best contact at NCM and he was very helpful. I got lots of material via the infopoint mailing list especially from Alan from Silicon Corridor LUG (many thanks Alan). If I can be of any help please let me know.
Post to StaffsLUG
Many thanks for all the support David, Stuart and Jason at the Trentham Gardens Infopoint and special thanks must go to Zach for an excellent demonstration of the classic Tux Racer.
I
thought the Infopoint appeared to go well, with over 30 disks given out
mostly ubuntu but also kubuntu, knoppix and some opencd's. The eeepc
(version 1) also got a lot of attention and the compiz spinning cube on
a large monitor impressed a few.
Some hardware sellers took copies with the intention of installing
it on machines they were selling which should be a vast improvement on
dubious windows licenses.
Northern Computer Markets (www.computermarkets.co.uk) , who run the computer fair at Trentham
say they are happy to allow a free table at any of their events where
there is a table available although they have said that they have not
done an infopoint for a couple of years. They also have fairs at many
other places including Wolverhampton, Derby and Manchester.
Whether this is the best use of somebody's time to promote the use
of Linux to the general public I am not so sure but would happily
discuss what other options are available. Is there a StaffsLUG meeting
in the near future?
The next Trentham Market is 8th June
and now there is a bit more notice I would be interested to know if
anybody else thinks it is a good idea to go along.