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= Notes =

* A list of things of what is going on
** Conferences, who is going to what, whats in the area
* We're somehow not reaching other people
** Only four developers came to Akademy 2012.
** There are more, but we can't find them.
** Two Akronites came to the 4.5 release party, not counting tdfischer
* Why is it popular in europe?
** Parties in bars? Probably not. We should have 100 by now.
* At Linux Fests, people talk about Linux. We should be a grassroots movement by going to all the fests (all of them) and finding people.
* Fests/Conventions
** LinuxCon - We have a booth every year!
** Oscon - Maybe have a BoF?

== What are we trying to do? ==
'''Grow KDE in the USA'''

* Impossible!?
* Outreach, yes. Talking to people, yes. 
** Linux Action Show
* No way to gauge involvement success
* "If you want to do amazing stuff with this amazing organization, KDE is the place for you."
* Somehow encourage people to get involved after we meet them at the conventions.
* Come to our parties. Srsly.
* Have a sign up. Do you use KDE? Do you know C++? "What better place could you volunteer than KDE?!"
* LUGS??? (answer: yes.)
* "Its not a puzzle what we're trying to do. We want users, developers, and companies who are using KDE and are open to something about it."
** We need goals for this ^
** Developers: Want to make a difference in your life? Know about bugfixes or C++? DO YOU LIKE TO PARTY AND/OR ROCK? Contribute to KDE.
** Are you sick of the tea party? Join KDE!
* The KDE tracks are usually full at conventions.
** Who goes to them?!
* Until we figure this out, making a non-profit organization is a waste of time.
** We need an elevator pitch. See [[Multimedia/PR Notes]] for notes from the [[Akademy/2012/PRWorkshop]]
** Some would give us money if we were a non-profit.
** Advertising expenses are something sorta tax deductable
** Maybe talk to Thiago about funding KDE-USA
** It would be awesome to the KDE e.V. if KDE-USA paid for USA trips
* GSoC presentation is very low. Very very low.

== TODO ==

* Elevator pitch
** Our strong points:
*** There's a real face behind the software
*** Strong, tight-knit community
*** High quality, made in the open
*** Free as in beer and freedom
** "<ABC> is the <special or best> <thing> for <certain kinds of people> who want <something awesome>, <in the way they want to do it>."
** "KDE is the amazing community for people who want powerful software, made by real human beings."
* Banner design
* Next convention: OSCON July 16-20th
* Promo people: get business cards
* Check whats left in the booth box
** Get some kubuntu/fedora/suse/mint/chakra cds
* Put together some words, Carl can wordsmith.
* Secret cabal of poster designers. WHO ARE THEY HOW DO WE FIND THEM?
* Soandso and Soandso have $500 of KDE USA cashmonies floating around. Its in a fire safe somewhere maybe hopefully. Ask Blauzahl.