[NBLUG/talk] State of the LUG (Talk post for discussion)

[E Frank Ball III]

Allan,

I don't know about the fair, but the Santa Rosa Wed night markets have
(had?) an area for political groups, which is free, and a little out of
the way.  Their website is useless, so you would have to call for more
information.  http://www.wednesdaynightmarket.org/


   E Frank Ball          frankb at frankb.us


On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 08:44:19AM -0800, Alan Bloom wrote:
 > Before you get too far you should check what the Sonoma County Fair
 > charges for a booth.  Many years ago they used to offer reduced
 > rates for non-profit organizations, but I believe they quite doing
 > that a long time ago.  You may find that it is too expensive to
 > consider.
 > 
 > Another possibility is to partner with another organization that
 > already has a booth.  The local ham club did that one year with the
 > Sheriff's department.
 > 
 > Alan Bloom
 > 
 > 
 > On 03/11/2014 04:16 PM, Mike Rice wrote:
 > >It might be an easier question if you state that a properly designed
 > >banner is a one-time purchase. Other adverts are best made in the "free"
 > >venues for events and calendars, or get donations for newspaper ads that
 > >also appear online.
 > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 > >C. Mike Rice
 > >KF7VZZ at gmail.com
 > >dolo724 at yahoo.com
 > >
 > >------------------------------------------------------------------------
 > >*From:* Allan Cecil <ac at sonic.net>
 > >*To:* "General NBLUG chatter about anything Linux, answers to questions,
 > >etc." <talk at nblug.org>
 > >*Sent:* Tuesday, March 11, 2014 4:37 PM
 > >*Subject:* Re: [NBLUG/talk] State of the LUG (Talk post for discussion)
 > >
 > >A couple people have commented that they would want to see a booth at an
 > >upcoming fair but I haven't seen any volunteers to staff it so I'll
 > >pitch the idea at tonight's general meeting and see what comes out of
 > >the discussion.  If we can get a coordinator lined up and enough
 > >volunteers to work the booth it might be something worth doing.  I do
 > >not know how much a booth would cost and I also know that we do not have
 > >any kind of existing banner or other "advertising" printed out so we'd
 > >have to decide as a group if it made sense to seek donations to cover
 > >those kinds of costs.  Thanks again for the suggestions everyone,
 > >
 > >A.C.
 > >******
 > >
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