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Door prizes are usually items contributed by some company or individual.
Usually they take time and effort to arrange, and you would like them to be given out "fairly".

Probably the fairest method of giving out door prizes is to give each member a ticket, dropping the corresponding ticket in some type of container, then drawing the tickets at the end of the night.

On the other hand, there have been instances where other criteria were
taken for giving out "goodies", such as asking "Who has been using
Linux for XXX number of years, and allowing those groups to go first.
This is not always "fair", and it descriminates against the younger members of the group ("younger" both in age and usage of Linux).  This
is an example of how we should be careful in disseminating prizes.

Contacts for asking for "contributions" are usually the marketing departments of the various distributions.  Remember that even the
lowliest doorprize costs money to make and ship, so be honest in
how many you need and will distribute.  Also understand that going
back to the same company every month will probably wear out your
welcome.  One or two prizes every month, with extras at the
end-of-year meetings would probably be the way to go.

Also remember that stockpiling Linux releases or programs does not
work very well, as distributions get updated, and are therefore not
as desirable as when they were new.


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<br> *Related Topics:*
<br> RunningAMeeting


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Topic revision: r1 - 2002-01-04 - MadDog

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