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Today's Topics:

1. Re: Thanks for the accept. :) (Sebastian)
2. Re: Thanks for the accept. :) (David Smith)

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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2016 20:27:24 +0100
From: Sebastian <sebsebseb_mageia@gmx.com>
To: <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>, <sebsebseb_mageia@gmx.com>
Cc: marc.gray@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [bristol] Thanks for the accept. :)
Message-ID: <19e5e244-7e1c-41c3-9747-33d08fc08505@gmx.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed

On Thursday, 6 October 2016 19:51:54 BST, Daniel Jones via Bristol
<bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
> On 6 October 2016 at 07:56, Sebastian via Bristol <
> bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Ok interesting story, but what about the event?
>
>
> Well, you had to ask (sorry if it turned into an essay). :)
>
> The truth is I'm not sure about the event.
Ok

I'm beginning my proper move
> down from Wolverhampton on 17 Oct; I can only make major advances at the
> weekend as I work Mon-Fri and don't drive.

Ok

As this is the very next
> Saturday I may well be back in Wolverhampton on that day, I'm not sure.

Ok
>
> All I can say is that I'm a definite maybe, which isn't really saying
> anything. So I'll say when I know. I do have an 8GB thumbdrive I can
> donate but that's it, one thunbdrive.

I think generally one of us invovled with the organisation of the event, is
going to have to sort out a proper amount of USB's in another way, as in
getting them, but also putting Ubuntu 16.04 onto them, and I won't be
burning onto USB's myself. If it comes to it, we will just go without
USB's or DVD's I think, even though the descriptoin said that there would
be USB's or DVD's. Also the amount set was a little high at 60 in my other
email to this mailing ist, 30 would be more realsitic. Shame that calling
out for USB's to this mailing list hasn't been successful like two or three
years ago and the past event.
>
> Dan
>

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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2016 20:26:55 +0000
From: David Smith <David.Smith@imgtec.com>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Thanks for the accept. :)
Message-ID:
<15A9D35B5490FC49AC0524AE3A085F082FCAEF50@HHMAIL01.hh.imgtec.org>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bristol [mailto:bristol-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of
> Sebastian via Bristol
> I think generally one of us invovled with the organisation of the event, is
> going to have to sort out a proper amount of USB's in another way, as in
> getting them, but also putting Ubuntu 16.04 onto them, and I won't be
> burning onto USB's myself. If it comes to it, we will just go without USB's or
> DVD's I think, even though the descriptoin said that there would be USB's or
> DVD's. Also the amount set was a little high at 60 in my other email to this
> mailing ist, 30 would be more realsitic. Shame that calling out for USB's to this
> mailing list hasn't been successful like two or three years ago and the past
> event.

It's not that surprising. The last event probably used up all the ones that people had lying around.

If you don't get donations, USB flash drives can be bought reasonably cheaply in bulk on eBay (under £2/stick for 4 GB) Whilst it would be nice to be able to give them out free, asking recipients to pay £2 to cover the cost of a 4 GB USB stick at the event doesn't seem unreasonable (or they can have a CD/DVD for free, maybe), and it would mean that it would be sustainable in the long term if you wished to organise the event again.

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