Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Thursday's Talk

[Tim Dobson]

Lucy wrote:
> Has anyone managed to get the flyers sorted for Thursday's talk? Do we
> need to prepare any flyers or other materials for the FSF?

This is a good point. No, I'm not sure anyone has, but there are several 
important things that it would be good, in my opinion, to have:

A *large* banner saying "Manchester Free Software Group", with the 
website address underneath it.

My thought here is that there are going to be _a_fair_few_ people coming 
to this event, some of whom, I imagine, would be interested in future 
Manchester Free Software meetings.
Therefore, any publicity we can get out of the event, would be awesome. 
The advantage of a banner directly behind RMS etc is that people who may 
take photos and then distribute them will get our URL in the photos.

While this *may* not have a big impact, it is a step forward and may, in 
this case, win us a few people who might not have otherwise turned up.
I would suggest that all that is needed here is a large banner 
consisting of a large number of a4 sheets blu-tacked/sello-taped together.

If anyone has any thoughts about flyers promoting Manchester Free 
Software, let's hear your ideas!

> Paul, would you like anyone to turn up early to help out or is it all in hand?

I will be in Manchester from about 4ish I think, so if anyone is passing 
through Piccadilly station around that time or something, I'd be happy 
to meet up.

> Finally, and most importantly, is anyone interested in going for a
> drink after the talk?

I *may* come for one, though with pwaring's legendary "currybeer"[1][2], 
on Friday, I'm not sure if I can afford the time/sleep. We'll see.

[1] manlug.org.uk
[2] currybeer.co.uk

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