Something which may not have been obvious was that these magazines are extremely heavy and sitting on pallets. I think that's the reason we were thinking of doing a few shipments to large events. Also, since the magazines include Fedora 20 we want them to get out while they're still current. So the sooner the events are happening, the more effective the magazines will be. Paul On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 11:59:49AM -0400, Chris Roberts wrote: > I dont know how it would work for Fedora, but there is Red Hat interoffice mail we could use to get some of the magazines to Latam, Emea. > > As far as events here we can ship some to each of the ambassadors, like 1 you keep for events and then a few extras for people at the events to have. > > - Chris Roberts > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Zacharias Mitzelos" <zacharias.mitzelos@xxxxxxxxx> > To: marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 6:35:26 PM > Subject: Re: distributing Fedora-sponsored magazines - what's the plan? > > I would propose to distribute them the same way we distributed the > Fedora 10 years anniversary T-Shirt to contributors. A person collected > the addresses of the contributors (in this case the event organizers) > and then forwarded the addresses to the office that was handling the > shipping. We could ship a large quantity (if this eliminates some costs) > to the Brno Red Hat office, so the Brno office can handle the shipping > to EMEA countries. > > That way we could ensure that even smaller events could get some > samples, instead of shipping only to large events. > > Thoughts or further comments? > > Zacharias > > > On 19/09/2014 05:06 μμ, Rikki Endsley wrote: > > Forgot to add - GHC is expecting 8k attendees this year (doubled from last year). > > http://gracehopper.org/news/2014-grace-hopper-celebration-achieves-record-registration-expands-capacity/ > > > > I'll be there on a press pass and will help at the RH booth some. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Paul Frields" <stickster@xxxxxxxxx> > >> To: "Fedora Marketing team" <marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 9:41:12 PM > >> Subject: Re: distributing Fedora-sponsored magazines - what's the plan? > >> > >> One solution would be to ship them to a few key, very large events. > >> According to the Events, page there are two very large events coming > >> up in October: > >> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY15_Q3_.28Sept_2014_-_Nov_2014.29 > >> > >> Grace Hopper Celebration - October 8-11 > >> (Ambassador seems to be "User:open" -- Not sure if this means no > >> one's covering, or someone with username "open" is.) :-) > >> Ohio Linux Fest - October 24-26 > >> (Ambassador contact: Andrew Ward) > >> > >> Between them, probably 3-5K attendees. There's no further calendar > >> entries, but I imagine there might be at least one more large event in > >> Q4 to which to ship? > >> > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Rikki Endsley <rendsley@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> I will say that the magazines are HEAVY and I think they arrived on a > >>> pallet (not individual boxes), so shipping to a location and then to other > >>> locations could get spendy. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>> From: "Paul W. Frields" <stickster@xxxxxxxxx> > >>>> To: marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 1:48:42 PM > >>>> Subject: Re: distributing Fedora-sponsored magazines - what's the plan? > >>>> > >>>> Since Rikki's on the OSAS team, I think we can safely assume OSAS > >>>> wants the Fedora community to make a plan here. ;-) > >>>> > >>>> What about working with key regional coordinators on the Ambassadors > >>>> team, so Rikki (or someone) would only have to ship these to a few > >>>> places for wider distribution? > >>>> > >>>> Paul > >>>> > >>>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 08:18:28PM -0400, Chris Roberts wrote: > >>>>> I did not know these even existed, I am sure we can get them to our > >>>>> NA ambassadors very easy. Is OSAS planning to do anything with them, > >>>>> or are they for us to give to ambassadors. I don't want to start > >>>>> figuring out what to do with them, if they are for OSAS. > >>>>> > >>>>> - Chris Roberts > >>>>> > >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>>> From: "Rikki Endsley" <rendsley@xxxxxxxxxx> > >>>>> To: "Fedora Marketing team" <marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 6:46:14 PM > >>>>> Subject: distributing Fedora-sponsored magazines - what's the plan? > >>>>> > >>>>> Greetings, > >>>>> > >>>>> Do we have a plan in place to make sure the 2k Fedora-sponsored > >>>>> print magazines (w/Fedora 20 DVD) in the Raleigh office are > >>>>> distributed to Fedora booths? If not...what's the plan to make the > >>>>> plan? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Rikki Endsley | Community Evangelist > >>>>> Open Source and Standards (OSAS), Red Hat > >>>>> > >>>>> http://community.redhat.com/ > >>>>> Twitter: @redhatopen | @rikkiends > >>>> -- > >>>> marketing mailing list > >>>> marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing > >>> -- > >>> marketing mailing list > >>> marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing > >> -- > >> marketing mailing list > >> marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing > > -- > marketing mailing list > marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing > -- > marketing mailing list > marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing -- Paul W. 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