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<h1>RE: Report on LDP at Montreal</h1>
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<li><em>To</em>: "Ldp Discuss List \(E-mail\)" <<A HREF="mailto:ldp-discuss@lists.linuxdoc.org">ldp-discuss@lists.linuxdoc.org</A>></li>
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<li><em>Subject</em>: RE: Report on LDP at Montreal</li>
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<li><em>From</em>: Gregory Leblanc <<A HREF="mailto:GLeblanc@cu-portland.edu">GLeblanc@cu-portland.edu</A>></li>
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<li><em>Date</em>: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 22:52:32 -0700</li>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: Gary Lawrence Murphy [<A HREF="mailto:garym@canada.com">mailto:garym@canada.com</A>]
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> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 2:05 PM
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> To: David Lawyer
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> Subject: Re: Report on LDP at Montreal
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> What we do need is something to show what we do. This expo was very
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> useful for us because many French (and some Spanish) attendees did not
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> know we had such a complete collection in those languages. A frequent
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> request was for a list of everything we have, and to that end, a good
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> handout might have been a simple one page list of all our titles in
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> each of the main languages.
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This is the HOWTO-Index, and perhaps the "index" documents from Guides and
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FAQs as well. It might be worthwhile to provide both the versions with
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short explanations of the material in each document, and the abbreviated
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format, for those who just want a list. When we are in non-english speaking
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areas, I think it's going to be important to have a listing of the local
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language docs.
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> We should also consider seeking sponsorship to produce a simple CD
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> with all our current documentation. Ideally, we would have a CD to
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> give away where all the documents are available in HTML with a search
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> engine CGI program so a local display could let the public enter the
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> keyword and search for documents just so they can see the breadth of
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> our collection. Of course, we could have done this with an Internet
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> connection, but I expect printing CDs would be cheaper than renting
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> access lines at every show. I know Mandrakesoft has been very
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> (amazingly) supportive of our displays, but perhaps some distro can
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> use their commercial bulk rates for CD duplication to create a CD we
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> can hand out.
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According to the mirror information, it's a total of about 110MB to create a
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mirror. This may include the list archives, which really don't need to be
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on such a CD, but we should try to provide as many different output formats
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as we can, and at a bare minimum, ASCII/TXT for people at the console, HTML,
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for GUIs in Linux, and PDF for people who want to access the documents from
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their MS Windows machine to learn about Linux.
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[snip]
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> For next time? If possible, we should try to have a standalone mirror
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> of our site somehow on a laptop, or at least make a handout that lists
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> all our titles. Another handout (one-page is best) of information for
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> how to become involved in the LDP would also be useful, especially at
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> these multi-language shows (we had several people interested in doing
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> translation). A CD of our works in HTML and PDF would be wonderful to
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> have as a giveaway; I am certain we could have distributed a few
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> hundred of these (and it should also have a title page that includes
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> info on who we are and how to get involved)
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I'm sure that we can find someone to provide/press CDs for us, it's an
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extreemly cheap prospect in comparison to a lot of other promotions.
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Providing some handouts should also be very do-able, and maybe even some
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staples in them as well. :-)
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>
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> Finally, we should have bribed that giant penguin to waddle by our
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> booth, and then got him (her?) drunk and unruly, just to draw some
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> focus to our area :)
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Oooh, good plan. Wish I'd thought of that while I was still there...
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Actually, we might have been able to get away with some mud and that penguin
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that Maddog was wrestling with across from us. <grin/>
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As for my two bits, I think that our presence at these shows is a great way
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to promote the LDP, and get us more and better publicity. The more people
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who know about the LDP, and use it, the better our docs will get. Even the
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time that those of us wearing LDP nametags spent wandering around to the
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various vendor booths was valuable for the LDP, because in talking to people
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we begin to get more and more name recognition. Next week will be a busy
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one, but I think we need to try to get sumbission of documents automated,
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and get some more/better documents worked on for authors.
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Greg
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<li><strong><a name="01969" href="msg01969.html">RE: Report on LDP at Montreal</a></strong>
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<ul><li><em>From:</em> Poet/Joshua Drake <poet@linuxports.com></li></ul></li>
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<li><strong><a name="01993" href="msg01993.html">Re: Report on LDP at Montreal</a></strong>
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<ul><li><em>From:</em> Bruno Cornec <Bruno.Cornec@medasys-digital-systems.fr></li></ul></li>
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