Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:00:25 -0700 From: Matt Olander <matt@ixsystems.com> To: Steven Kreuzer <skreuzer@exit2shell.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.org, marketing@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Presence at NYCBSDCon Message-ID: <1BEE4CC6-9402-43F4-A6E5-59BB9C696142@ixsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <20080320175743.GD99775@scruffy.exit2shell.com> References: <20080320175743.GD99775@scruffy.exit2shell.com>
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On Mar 20, 2008, at 10:57 AM, Steven Kreuzer wrote: > Greetings- > > I am writing on behalf of the admin team that is currently organizing > NYCBSDCon 2008. We currently have Columbia University booked for > October > 11th and 12th of this year and among everything else going on, I would > like to get the ball rolling on FreeBSD's presence. > > In 2006, Alfred Perlstein and I had received donations from FreeBSD > Mall > and everything we sold at the conference was donated to The FreeBSD > Foundation. (Over $600 dollars) > > Check out the table we had setup: > http://flickr.com/photos/skreuzer/283060428/ > > In 2006, we waited until the last minute to put that together the > table > and to avoid the rush, I thought I would start reaching out to > people to > see if they are interested in assisting. > > I am currently looking for people who are planning on attending the > conference and would be interested in manning the table to sell > FreeBSD > related products. In addition, I am looking for people who would be > able > to reach out to FreeBSD vendors who may be willing to donate, or > provide > us discounts on products that could be sold to raise money for the > FreeBSD > foundation. > > Also, if you have any other ideas on thing we can have in terms of > demos > and whatnot, please let me know. In 2006, the NetBSD team had a few > pieces > of exotic hardware running NetBSD. It was pretty cool to watch a > dreamcast > pxeboot of an ultra 2. > > Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you all. Hi Steven, We'll bring the FreeBSD booth backdrop, FreeBSD Mall goodies, and the beastie costume! best, -matt
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