[committee] Linux Australia Coffee fundraiser - LUG contacts sought!

[David Adam]

Hi Paul,

On Fri, 10 Nov 2006, Paul Wayper wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
> I'm a member of CLUG, and I recently came across a novel fundraiser
> which, I think, fits in with the nature of open source hackery: coffee!
> Kaldi Coffee has seven different blends of coffee available in eight
> different grinds and three different sizes, and over a third of the
> money spent will go directly to Linux Australia to keep it doing the
> excellent stuff it does.  You can find a brochure for this at
> http://www.mabula.net/KALDI_fundraising_brochure.pdf
>
> The problem is that they only deliver locally - that is, in Canberra.
> Coffee is a universal thing, and I didn't want to exclude other LUGs
> from this fundraiser, so I'm looking for a person (or people) in each
> LUG to be a coordinator for the fundraiser.  Basically, they need to
> collect the orders by the 30th of November, send them to me along with
> money, and then receive the delivery of the combined orders from your
> LUG and distribute them as appropriate.  I will arrange to ship all the
> coffee for your LUG by the best combination of cheap, speedy and
> reliable.
>
> If you're interested in helping me raise funds for Linux Australia,
> please contact me and we can sort out the details!

Given the support that the UCC has received from Linux Australia, we're
more than happy to get behind this fundraising exercise.

We're about to put out a short spiel to our announcements list - please
contact me off-list to arrange shipping, etc.

Thanks,

David Adam
UCC 0x20nd President
zanchey at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au