<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Great recommendations.<br><br>Lori Mitchell<div>Sent from my iPhone</div></div><div><br>On Dec 15, 2015, at 2:02 PM, SCALE Planning List <<a href="mailto:scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org">scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_18766"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_20688">Sorry if I am off the path...</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_18766"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_18766"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_20473">I'm sure most people have heard of Linux, Open Source includes Linux,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_18766" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_20799" class="">SCALE 14X may register to most newbies.</span><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_18766" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;" class=""><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_18766"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_20474">The whole story/scoop for press and reporting seems to me--people creating open source, which</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_18766" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_20505">is best known as Linux.  </span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_20542" class="">SCALE 14X is more than Linux, but Linux is included.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_18766"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_18766"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_18765">I have experience in the movie bizz (sorry) and see a lot of event and product placement... </span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_18768"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_18767">a proven strategy  </span>piggyback branding (link below) can go a long way.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_18768"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_18768">Just my thoughts, like I said, I am Newbie, </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_18768">just sharing a relatively new to Open Source and not too old Outsiders perspective.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_18768">This is what I see on the <span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_20973" class="">SCALE 14X website,  </span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_18885" class="">thinking what is </span><span class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;">SCALE 14X?</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_18823" dir="ltr" class=""><span class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_21008"><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_21010" class=""></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_18823" dir="ltr" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_20941" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;">SCaLE = So. Cal. Linux Expo</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_18823" dir="ltr" class=""><span class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_21015"><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_21017" class=""></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_18823" dir="ltr" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_20085" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_20084" class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">"SCaLE is the largest community-run open-source and free software conference in North America. It is held annually in Los Angeles."</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_21022" class=""></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_18823" dir="ltr" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_21025" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_18823" dir="ltr" class="">"<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_20264" class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5px;">As the first-of-the-year <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450205427904_20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    That's correct. We are promoting the expo -- we promote Linux
    through the expo.<br clear="none">
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    Larry Cafiero / Publicity Chair / SCALE 14X<br clear="none">
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      List wrote:<br clear="none">
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      <div dir="ltr">I thought the purpose of this meeting was to
        promote Scale 14x, and not Linux?  After all promoting Scale
        promotes Linux, but promoting Linux doesn't promote Scale.<br clear="none">
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        <div class="yiv2881238529gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 10:52 AM, SCALE
          Planning List <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org">scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org</a>></span>
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            <div> Can you forward Kevin
              Smith's number/email to me at <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:larry@socallinuxexpo.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:larry@socallinuxexpo.org">larry@socallinuxexpo.org</a>?
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              Thanks<span class="yiv2881238529"><br clear="none">
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                Larry Cafiero / Publicity Chair / SCALE 14X<br clear="none">
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                </span><div>On 12/15/2015 09:47, SCALE Planning List wrote:<br clear="none">
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                    <div dir="ltr">One of my best friends is Kevin
                      Smith, business editor of the San Gabriel Valley
                      News. His office is right on Colorado Blvd near
                      the Convention Center, and he seems to hang out
                      with a lot of politicians and business leaders in
                      the area.
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                      <div>I've mentioned Scale to him a couple of
                        times, and tried to explain that Linux is taking
                        over the world; who else can talk to him about
                        the importance of this conference? Can we
                        arrange for him to interview some of the
                        speakers, especially the keynotes?</div>
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                      <div>I'll send him the link to the website for
                        starters. </div>
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