[Cialug] software freedom day

[Barry Von Ahsen]

Matthew Nuzum wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 9:58 AM, David Champion <dchampion at visionary.com> wrote:
>> Might be nice to use the new Downtown Des Moines Library (or as my nephew
>> calls it, the "shiny library").
> 
> The benefit of this space (or one like it) is that for example -
> 
> Imagine a husband/father who is a technical enthusiast. Saturday is
> family day but they're really interested in coming. If its at the
> library he can bring the kids and/or wife with him and they won't be
> standing around twiddling thumbs wondering when it'll be done.
> 
> As an option, I wonder if there would be an opportunity to partner
> with a business who could benefit from the attention. For example,
> borders books probably makes a respectable amount of money from OSS
> enthusiasts and maybe they'd be willing to cover incidental
> promotional costs that featured their logo and address (assuming we
> had the event at their location). Doing something like this could
> extend the reach to beyond 20 people and could be a win-win situation.
> Or maybe B&N in Jordan creek would have the opportunity to procure
> floor space in the mall for such an event.
> 
> Also, what other local user groups are there who would be willing to
> coordinate efforts?
> 

I think the only issue I saw with downtown was it was non-free for 
non-non-profits, and potential gear-hauling, but if we're going to focus 
more on information/education, that's less of an option

we've got plenty of cash, we could certainly pay for it though

-barry