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Once again we have been offered a FREE booth at one of the country's top open source conferences. I have to let Bala know by the 19th if we would like to take advantage of this opportunity. So here are the questions we must consider before committing ourselves
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What do we have to "market" and who is our target audience?</div>
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Do we have any compelling stories to tell... Mexico? Haiti? Pakistan? Or???</div>
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Will anyone else besides the folks in SoCal be here to help "man" the booth for 3-Days(3/8-3/10)?</div>
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Can we offer some hands-on experiences for people there?</div>
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Please discuss! We did not participate in SCaLE in 2018 but did every year from 2008-2017. </div>
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My email service is acting up and I have to send this out in "batches" as entering some of your names erases everything!!! Put your replies on the IAEP list so everyone can see them.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Hriday Balachandran <bala@socallinuxexpo.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, December 9, 2018 6:49 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> SCALE 17x DotOrg Booth</font>
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<div>As we look to filling the expo floor, your organization has been invited back to SCALE, and we are offering you a free booth in recognition of your group's excellent open source contributions. </div>
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<div>SCALE 17x will be held between March 7 and March 10, 2019, and the expo floor will tentatively be from 1400 on March 8, till 1200 on March 10.</div>
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<div>Please let me know within the next 10 days if I should hold the booth for you. </div>
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<div>Thanks.</div>
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<div>Bala.</div>
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