What does everyone here think of actually printing out a largish poster and (snail) mailing it to colleges etc. around the country announcing the conference and the CFP? It costs a little but it *might* be worth it. I'm thinking LUGs, Large colleges etc. -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in
2010/6/27 Noufal Ibrahim <noufal@gmail.com>:
What does everyone here think of actually printing out a largish poster and (snail) mailing it to colleges etc. around the country announcing the conference and the CFP? It costs a little but it *might* be worth it. I'm thinking LUGs, Large colleges etc.
Thats a good idea. Can we use the fossee network for this? Anand
On Sunday 27 June 2010 14:31:11 Anand Chitipothu wrote:
2010/6/27 Noufal Ibrahim <noufal@gmail.com>:
What does everyone here think of actually printing out a largish poster and (snail) mailing it to colleges etc. around the country announcing the conference and the CFP? It costs a little but it might be worth it. I'm thinking LUGs, Large colleges etc.
Thats a good idea. Can we use the fossee network for this?
NRC-FOSS/cdac network is also available -- Regards Kenneth Gonsalves Senior Associate NRC-FOSS at AU-KBC
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal@gmail.com> wrote:
What does everyone here think of actually printing out a largish poster and (snail) mailing it to colleges etc. around the country announcing the conference and the CFP? It costs a little but it *might* be worth it. I'm thinking LUGs, Large colleges etc.
announcing in colleges about the conference is a good thing, but about CFP , it might be a bit over ambitious to expect from colleges /universities as first of all do we have information about which colleges /universities know about python. well assuming that we have some information and want to send some posters , please do not just post the posters ,as from our experience most of time we throw posters to dustbin, as there will be many posters coming every day to colleges .( as you are mentioning large colleges , this is the situation in large colleges , until and unless the person who sees that poster will be aware about the importance of python conference ) use either student network or faculty network to spread the information. send to all colleges at least locally ( why you think only big colleges? ) It is exams / vacation time now , better do not post during this time as soon as colleges reopens then if you send it will be given a look atleast. --
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On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 4:54 PM, renuka prasad <renukaprasadb@gmail.com>wrote:
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal@gmail.com> wrote:
What does everyone here think of actually printing out a largish poster and (snail) mailing it to colleges etc. around the country announcing the conference and the CFP? It costs a little but it *might* be worth it. I'm thinking LUGs, Large colleges etc.
announcing in colleges about the conference is a good thing, but about CFP , it might be a bit over ambitious to expect from colleges /universities as first of all do we have information about which colleges /universities know about python.
This is important since we do not have a tutorial on python, like last year. If we can have a page on the wiki which lists colleges whose students/faculty know python, (like http://wiki.python.org/moin/BangPypers/PythonCompaniesInIndia) students/faculty (and others) on the mailing list can add to it. Also, students/faculty can use their contacts to find out about Python related activity in the colleges around them...
well assuming that we have some information and want to send some posters , please do not just post the posters ,as from our experience most of time we throw posters to dustbin, as there will be many posters coming every day to colleges .( as you are mentioning large colleges , this is the situation in large colleges , until and unless the person who sees that poster will be aware about the importance of python conference )
One way to see that the poster reaches the right place is to send it through a faculty or student of the college. Having contact-names/email in addition to the college name on the wiki page proposed above, will see that we know whom to contact for this...
use either student network or faculty network to spread the information.
send to all colleges at least locally ( why you think only big colleges? )
It is exams / vacation time now , better do not post during this time as soon as colleges reopens then if you send it will be given a look atleast.
Yeah! Posters sent now go to the dustbin for sure. Most colleges open late August or early September. Sending posters before that is a bad idea. -- Elvis Joel D'Souza | me@elvis.co.in Mangalore/Bangalore, India
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On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Elvis Joel D'Souza <me@elvis.co.in> wrote: [..]
Yeah! Posters sent now go to the dustbin for sure. Most colleges open late August or early September. Sending posters before that is a bad idea.
I generally don't like intrusive marketing. It's ineffective and useless. Also, this will cost money so unless we're sure we're going to gain something out of it, we shouldn't do it. Based on that, I think we'll give this a miss. However, what if we make a nice PDF for the event and give it (via. email) to contacts at colleges to spread the word. Would it help? -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in
i think a PDF can be sent to all student branches like IEEE or linux users group so that the word can be spread. On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Elvis Joel D'Souza <me@elvis.co.in> wrote: [..]
Yeah! Posters sent now go to the dustbin for sure. Most colleges open late August or early September. Sending posters before that is a bad idea.
I generally don't like intrusive marketing. It's ineffective and useless. Also, this will cost money so unless we're sure we're going to gain something out of it, we shouldn't do it.
Based on that, I think we'll give this a miss.
However, what if we make a nice PDF for the event and give it (via. email) to contacts at colleges to spread the word. Would it help?
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