Squeak Booth, Pens, and OLPC at Smalltalk Solutions

> Fellow Squeakers,
>
> As most of you know, due to the fantastic work of Chris Cunnington,  
> Squeak was able to acquire a booth at Smalltalk Solutions this  
> year. I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to volunteer to  
> work the booth for the two days of the convention. We had a  
> fabulous location and got a tremendous amount of traffic. The  
> Smalltalk community, while small, is one of the most intelligent,  
> kind, supportive, and fun communities I have ever been involved in.  
> I would like to thank all Smalltalk Solution attendees for there  
> kind words, Squeak cheerleading, and help with answering questions  
> when the crowds got large.
>
> Bert Freudenberg was kind enough to lend us a OLPC laptop. This was  
> the major draw of non-Smalltalkers to our booth. Many of the people  
> knew nothing of Smalltalk but had heard of the OPLC project. The  
> etoys demo was beautiful and if gave us a real opportunity to  
> explain a little about Squeak, Smalltalk, and etoys.
>
> Tim Rowledge generously sent me 45 silver and 5 gold badges. We  
> were able to sell 27 silver badges raising $324 Canadian for the  
> Squeak Foundation. The badges are beautiful and if you have not yet  
> had the opportunity to buy one I recommend that you do.  If you are  
> in the Toronto area come out to the "Beach Outings Club" http://
> www.seasideparasol.com/club.html and I will have some on hand.
>
> I could not of dreamed how well it went. The booth was fantastic,  
> the people were kind, and the interest in Squeak exceeded my  
> expectations.

>
> On May 3, 2007, at 9:47 AM, William Harford wrote:
>
>> Tim Rowledge generously sent me 45 silver and 5 gold badges. We  
>> were able to sell 27 silver badges raising $324 Canadian for the  
>> Squeak Foundation.
>
> Well I was there in Tim's office when he offered to provide a  
> special badge if you kick in $1000.
> And as you've noted the *cheaper* badges are great quality.

> Fellow Squeakers,
>
> As most of you know, due to the fantastic work of Chris Cunnington,
> Squeak was able to acquire a booth at Smalltalk Solutions this year.
> I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to volunteer to work the
> booth for the two days of the convention. We had a fabulous location
> and got a tremendous amount of traffic. The Smalltalk community,
> while small, is one of the most intelligent, kind, supportive, and
> fun communities I have ever been involved in. I would like to thank
> all Smalltalk Solution attendees for there kind words, Squeak
> cheerleading, and help with answering questions when the crowds got
> large.
>
> Bert Freudenberg was kind enough to lend us a OLPC laptop. This was
> the major draw of non-Smalltalkers to our booth. Many of the people
> knew nothing of Smalltalk but had heard of the OPLC project. The
> etoys demo was beautiful and if gave us a real opportunity to explain
> a little about Squeak, Smalltalk, and etoys.
>
> Tim Rowledge generously sent me 45 silver and 5 gold badges. We were
> able to sell 27 silver badges raising $324 Canadian for the Squeak
> Foundation. The badges are beautiful and if you have not yet had the
> opportunity to buy one I recommend that you do.  If you are in the
> Toronto area come out to the "Beach Outings Club" http://
> www.seasideparasol.com/club.html and I will have some on hand.
>
> I could not of dreamed how well it went. The booth was fantastic, the
> people were kind, and the interest in Squeak exceeded my expectations.
>
> Thanks for all the support,
> Will Harford