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| DATE | 2002-10-28 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] CUNY Demo Post Mortom/Board Meeting
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I spoke to Phil this afternoon about how the Business
Demo has worked out.
The Demo was the second one we've put together, and
I believe that Phil brings some interesting aspects of
the sucesses and failures of the mission.
First, let me say that the Demo was a success. We reached
maybe 800-1000 people, although many of these people were
students attending the univesity. Mike was kind enough to
record all of the classes, and we have had developed an
important resource for future workshops and events.
While we did not drive as many small business people
as we would have liked, we have developed many useful
contacts in the business community and further established
our name and logo. In addition, we had a nice write up in
the NY Sun and we are getting better at Public relations.
We are going to be holding a great install feast on November 5,
and I expect to put many of these mechanisms to use in the coming
days in order to keep NYLXS in front of the public.
Phil points out that we have to yet overcome other areas of
Public Relations. Kevin Millani said to have a mailing list,
US Postal Service, of business leaders and people in NYC for
outreach. Phil wants to see us use this kind of mailing list
to publisize the NYLXS business and educational efforts. Such a
mailing, however, can cost several thousand dollars. And then Phil
would like to push things forward by following up with phone calls.
I agree that this level of activity, which has so far been beyound our
reach, is our next step.
The Free Software Chamber of Commerce is likely the venue to move
this forward. Tuesday at Noon, we are going to meet for our first
Networking Meeting. We've already made some contacts between group
members to stimulate the economy, and to cut some business action for
the membership.
We should have a board meeting for NYLXS Business (NOT BRETT BUSINESS)
on the 31 of October (which is Thurday) in order to plan our next
activities on this business front.
In addition, I made contact with people for educational system
in the public schools at the Demo. Education is a terrific area
to be in, and to get Free Software in. We will be discussing
this as well.
Ruben
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