audience

[Hugh Meyer]

If you keep the focus on BSD I think your draw would be stronger, at least 
to the BSD folks. I really want to attend and have several NetBSD systems in 
production. I am in Indiana. I asked the only person I thought would be 
interested in going with me if he wanted to come along. He just sent me a 
link to a bunch of Linux conferences. I just have a scheduling conflict I am 
trying to resolve.

Hugh Meyer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Rosamond" <george at ceetonetechnology.com>
To: <nycbsdcon at nycbug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: audience


> Allan Jude:
>> On 2014-01-28 10:49, Dan Langille wrote:
>>> On Jan 28, 2014, at 10:47 AM, George Rosamond
>>> <george at ceetonetechnology.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Michael W. Lucas:
>>>>> Now that we have some tickets being sold:
>>>>>
>>>>> Any idea what our audience looks like? Previous years have
>>>>> been BSD people, but it seems like you're really working the
>>>>> outreach this year.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm working on my slides, throwing things around, and trying
>>>>> to decide if I'm speaking to BSD or Linux folks. Will change
>>>>> the material I present.
>>>> Someone's paying attention!
>>>>
>>>> I was actually going through the registrations this morning,
>>>> and it's interesting that half the registrants haven't been to
>>>> a NYC*BUG meeting before.
>>>>
>>>> I'd guess that translates into about half are not regular BSD
>>>> users, and are very much a different audience than in past
>>>> years.  I wouldn't assume they are not technical, however.
>>> They could live outside NYC and have never been to a meeting
>>> because it's not convenient.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> That was the case for me. Definitely a BSD guy, just never been to
>> New York before.
>>
>
>
> Valid point, Dan... I was accounting for that in my estimate.
>
> We have done some heavy outreach locally and that seems to be the
> majority of registrants.
>
> But this is a great discussion.  It's kind of cool how it's happening
> beyond the core of direct organizers.
>
> g
>
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