From owner-freebsd-advocacy Sat Nov 7 15:32:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA22472 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 15:32:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA22464 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 15:32:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id KAA04863; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 10:02:19 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id KAA02815; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 10:02:18 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981108100217.U499@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 10:02:17 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Licia , freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD giveaway pens (was: I Need Advice) References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Licia on Sat, Nov 07, 1998 at 01:41:01PM -0600 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Saturday, 7 November 1998 at 13:41:01 -0600, Licia wrote: > > I'm about to place an order for 1,000 ink pens to give away. > I am allowed 4 lines of 26 characters each in which to place > my message. I would really like some suggestions as to how > best to use these lines to advocate FreeBSD. > > Right now, I am thinking something like : > > | ---------------------------| > > 1 FreeBSD > 2 A Free Operating System > 3 http://www.FreeBSD.org > 4 The Power To Serve > > > I suspect there must be much better wording to get the message > across and get people's attention. I plan to leave these pens > in book stores, computer stores, give them to friends, maybe > ask some people to take some to their schools with them. I know > it's not much, but I really want to get this message done right :) It would be nice to get something in there that indicates the nature of the operating system. I can't think of anything myself, but maybe somebody else can. That's a generous offer. Is this your own money, or is somebody else behind you? Also, why pens? I keep suggesting mouse pads, but nobody has got around to it yet. Of course, I don't know the relative cost. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message