KDE at Augsburger Linux-Infotag (DE)

[Ulf Bartholomäus]

Hi Paul & Aniqa,

thanks for detailed answer.
We will reply in some days with the answer of the ToDos, so we are busy in the 
moment.

The general Idea from Michael and me is to show presents at Linux Summits 
(which are not only visited by Students!).

We don't need a lot of support. Only some 
> ## Available Materials
> We have a bunch of stuff you can already use.

At least at my planning (will be updated soon):
> - A large tablecloth with the KDE K and gear logo on it for the booth
> - A standup banner
> - A set of laminated "slides" with descriptions and QRs pointing to
> important sites (for apps, Plasma, donations, outreach, etc.) -- see
> attachment

I don't know, if we need the drawing tablet, so at lest I have no Knowledge 
about Krita :-(
> - A drawing tablet for Krita demos

Remark: I don't think we need much more. The equipment we will send after the 
the event.

Cheers
Ulf

Am Freitag, 9. Februar 2024, 14:37:22 CET schrieb Paul Brown:
> Hello Ulf and Michael,
> 
> Thanks for offering to cover this event.
> 
> We would first like to apologise beforehand for the extra bureaucracy we now
> put you through to get what you need for a successful event. Please
> remember this is new for us too and we still have to iron out the kinks. We
> do think it will make everything better in the long run: booth staff at
> events will have more and better materials, more expense coverage and a
> clearer idea of what they want to achieve.
> 
> Speaking of, let's start with that:
> 
> ## Goals
> 
> We need you to tell us about your goals. The "goals" are simple one-sentence
> statements that say what you want to achieve. Examples of goals are:
> 
> - Increase the number of Supporting Members [by 10]*
> - Convince attendees interested in gaming to try Plasma (for gaming) on
> their laptops
> - Encourage users to install app [X] on their devices
> - Recruit contributors for project(s) [Y]
> - Recruit mentees for SoK/GSoC
> - Convince [company|organization|public entity] to use [software K|framework
> L]
> - Encourage atendees to support KDe iwht donations*
> - Etc.
> 
> Please note that things like
> 
> - Raise awareness of KDE among students
> - Inform attendees (about Z)
> - Give out stickers
> - Etc.
> 
> are **not** promotional goals. They are the things you do to reach your
> goals of increasing the number of users/contributors/community members,
> raise funds, get companies interested in using our frameworks, etc.
> 
> Goals help us determine what you will need to take with you and let's you
> know what to say to attendees because you know where you want to take them.
> 
> If you want to get people to adopt software X, you will need a device that
> will be able to run X in the best possible way. You may also need
> peripherals for certain apps, like a drawing tablet and pen for Krita. If
> you want to seduce gamers, you're probably going to need a Steam Deck or
> some other Plasma powered gaming console, or at the very least laptop with
> Plasma and Steam and an active Steam account. If you want to convince a
> school to adopt Free Software for children, you may want to have a laptop
> or tablet with GCompris installed.
> 
> And so on.
> 
> ---
> * Note that not all types of goals will apply to all events. For an event in
> Augsburg University, the goals requiring donations may not be realistic.
> Students are poor! Feel free to pick and choose the ones that you think
> will work for your particular event.
> 
> ---
> 
> ## Available Materials
> 
> We have a bunch of stuff you can already use.
> 
> From the list below, please tell us what you want -- or just "Everything!"
> if you need it all:
> 
> - A large tablecloth with the KDE K and gear logo on it for the booth
> - A standup banner
> - A drawing tablet for Krita demos
> - A set of laminated "slides" with descriptions and QRs pointing to
> important sites (for apps, Plasma, donations, outreach, etc.) -- see
> attachment
> 
> Note the last item on that list is standing in for flyers, as we are not
> doing those anymore. Flyers are difficult to design, expensive to produce,
> an environmental hazard, and usually end up in the trash anyway.
> 
> Instead, we invite attendees who require more information to scan a QR and
> they get to read our virtual digital flyers (aka "websites") on their
> phones. I mean, if they can do scan a QR to order food, you can do it at
> tech conference, right?
> 
> IMPORTANT NOTE: If you need some or all of the above, we have to know how to
> get it to you. Can you tell us where you are located so we can figure out
> the logistics?
> 
> ## Stickers
> 
> We can also provide you with stickers. For this we need to have an estimate
> of how many people will attend the event so we can place an order. The best
> way to find out then number of attendees is by contacting the organizers
> and ask what the attendance was like in prior years.
> 
> Do that, get back to us and we'll place an order for you.
> 
> ## Extras
> 
> Under this heading are the thing we don't have in the pack (yet) and you may
> have to take yourselves. Some of the stuff we can help source from other
> contributors.
> 
> The list:
> 
> - At least 2 laptops: One for demoing Plasma, one for demoing apps. If you
> have a third one to run the QR slideshow, it won't hurt
> - At least one large, standalone monitor. You use this to mirror whatever is
> going on the demo laptops so people can see it from afar.
> 
> #### Optional but very good to have
> 
> - A Steam Deck (or some other Plasma-powered game console)
> - A (Pine?)phone with Plasma Mobile installed
> - Other electronics with KDE software embedded (Raspberry Pis, Risc V SBCs,
> etc.)
> 
> ## Budget
> 
> Finally we have to figure out the budget. This typically includes the cost
> of travel for booth staff, stickers (and cost of any other merch),
> transport cost for materials, etc.
> 
> We will need you to get us the costs for tickets to and from the venue. Do
> you need accommodation or will you be travelling to and from the event on
> the same day?
> 
> ## TODOs
> 
> To summarise, what we need from you is:
> 
> - A list of goals
> - A list of materials you think you may need
> - Your current location
> - An estimate for travel costs
> - An estimate of the number of attendees (for stickers)
> - Information about anything else you may need.
> 
> Let us now what you think and, again, apologies for the long list of TODOs
> and thank you for covering this event.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Paul & Aniqa
> 
> On Tuesday, 6 February 2024 22:26:40 CET Ulf Bartholomäus wrote:
> > Hi Vinzenz,
> > 
> > I'm not sure if we need so much. I have a Convertible running with
> > Tumbleweed KDE and according my info Michael have one device with KDEneon.
> > 
> > If you can provide me one device with TuxedoOS2, this can be shown as
> > well.
> > In best case we can show a multi Monitor setup as well.
> > 
> > But we are looking more about a tablecloth and a KDE flag (or similar),
> > like you can find at Carls Homepage from Vorarlberg Linux Days:
> > https://carlschwan.eu/2023/10/03/linux-days-voralberg/stand.jpg
> > 
> > Also some KDE-Flyers as well 2 or 3 Shirts with KDE Logo for me and
> > Michael
> > will be nice (I would pay them if possible).
> > 
> > Cheers
> > Ulf
> > 
> > Am Dienstag, 6. Februar 2024, 14:02:12 CET schrieb Vinzenz Vietzke:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > Am 05.02.24 um 22:03 schrieb Ulf Bartholomäus:
> > > > at Saturday, 20th April 2024 will be the 20. "Augsburger
> > > > Linux-Infotag"
> > > > in
> > > > the rooms from "Technischen Hochschule Augsburg".
> > > > https://www.luga.de/LIT-2024/
> > > > 
> > > > Michael (see CC) and would present KDE (especially the new Plasma6
> > > > Desktop). Is it possible to provide us some material to present KDE
> > > > properly 😉
> > > 
> > > our offer from last year of course still stands:
> > > 
> > > If you need hardware to show KDE things & Plasma just let me know.
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > 
> > > Vinz