Marketing the Linux Anniversary Picnic and Barbecue (Picn*x)

This page describes where and how to market the picnic events. For the most part, this is a list of places where past picnics have been announced.

• Note:* This page is regarding the picnic events in general, and are not related to a specific year's event. Keep that in mind!

User Groups to Contact

• Bay Area Debian, SF Bay Region ([http://bad.debian.net/])
• Bay Area FreeBSD Users Group, Millbrae ([http://www.bafug.org/])
• Bay Area LinuxChix Chapter, San Francisco ([http://www.linuxchix.org/content/chapters/bayarea.html])
• Bay Area Linux User Group, San Francisco ([http://www.balug.org/])
• Bay Area Python Interest Group, SF peninsula ([http://www.baypiggies.net/])
• Berkeley Linux User Group, Berkeley ([http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~linux/])
• Berkeley Unix User Group, Berkeley ([http://www.buug.org/])
• Central Valley Bioinformatics Interest Group, Davis ([http://www.cvbig.org/])
• Central Valley Area Linux Enthusiasts, Modesto ([http://www.cvale.org/])
• Chico State Linux User Group, Chico ([http://www.cslug.org/])
• East Bay Linux User Group, Fremont ([http://www.eblug.org/])
• Fresno Open Source Users Group, Fresno ([http://www.fosug.org/])
• Golden Gate Computer Society, San Francisco ([http://www.ggcs.org/])
• Humboldt Linux Users Group, Humboldt, Eureka ([http://www.humlug.org/])
• Linux Users' Group of Davis, Davis ([http://www.lugod.org/])
• Linux Movies Group, Fremont ([http://linuxmovies.movieeditor.com/])
• Mendocino Linux User Group, Mendocino ([http://www.mendolug.net/])
• North Bay Linux User Group, Sebastopol ([http://www.nblug.org/])
• OpenBSD Users Group of Silicon Valley, Redwood City ([http://www.ungeek.com/obug/])
• Peninsula Linux Users' Group, Redwood Shores ([http://www.penlug.org/])
• Reno Linux User Group, Reno ([http://www.rlug.org/])
• Roseville Linux User Group, Roseville ([http://www.roselug.org/])
• Sacramento Linux User Group, Sacramento ([http://www.saclug.org/])
• San Francisco Bay Area NetBSD User Group, San Jose ([http://www.imrryr.org/NetBSD/sfbanug.html])
• San Francisco Linux User Group, San Francisco ([http://www.sf-lug.org/])
• San Francisco Netware Users Group, San Francisco ([http://www.sfnug.org/])
• San Francisco OpenBSD Users Group, San Francisco ([http://www.sfobug.org/])
• San Francisco Perl Mongers, San Francisco ([http://sf.pm.org/])
• San Jose State University Linux Users Group, San Jose ([http://sjsulug.engr.sjsu.edu/])
• Santa Cruz Microsoft Alternative User Group, Santa Cruz ([http://www.scruz.org/])
• Silicon Valley BSD Users Group, San Jose ([http://www.svbug.com/])
• Silicon Valley Cisco Users Group, Milpitas ([http://www.svcug.net/])
• Silicon Valley LinuxChix Anti-Chapter, San Jose region ([http://www.linuxchix.org/content/chapters/silicon_valley.html])
• Silicon Valley Linux User Group, San Jose, Mountain View ([http://www.svlug.org/])
• Stanford-Palo Alto Users Group for PC, Palo Alto ([http://www.pa-spaug.org/])
• Stanford University Linux Users Group, Palo Alto ([http://sulug.stanford.edu/])
• UC Santa Cruz Linux User Group, Santa Cruz ([http://sluglug.ucsc.edu/])
• UniForum Association, ???, ([http://www.uniforum.org/])
• USS Augusta Ada, San Francisco ([http://trek.starshine.org/])
• Zope/Plone Users' Group of Davis, Davis ([http://www.zugod.org/])

Local Media/Press to Contact

/*Note:* The following were emailed a press release ([MarketingPostsToMedia]) regarding Picn*x14 on July 1, 2005. (Except /

• Californa Computer News, Sacramento ([http://www.ccnmag.com/])
  • editor@ccnmagNOSPAM.com - http://www.ccnmag.com/contact.php
• Computer User ([http://www.computeruser.com/])
  • edit@computeruserNOSPAM.com - http://www.computeruser.com/about/
• The Epoch Times ([http://www.theepochtimes.com/])
  • sfbay@epochtimesNOSPAM.com - http://english.epochtimes.com/contactus.html
• KFJC ([http://www.kfjc.org/])
  • psa@kfjcNOSPAM.org - http://www.kfjc.org/main/contact/
• KLIV ([http://www.kliv.com/])
  • rmadrigal@empirebroadcastingNOSPAM.com - http://www.kliv.com/psa.html
• KPFA ([http://www.kpfa.org/])
  • communitycalendar@kpfaNOSPAM.org - http://www.kpfa.org/calendar
• KSZU ([http://www.kzsu.org/])
  • psa@kzsuNOSPAM.stanford.edu - http://www.kzsu.org/departments/publicaffairs/
• Metro ([http://www.metroactive.com/metro/])
  • letters@metronewsNOSPAM.com - http://www.metroactive.com/metro/
• Mountain View Voice ([http://www.mv-voice.com/])
  • editor@mv-voiceNOSPAM.com - http://www.mv-voice.com/information/feedback.html
• Palo Alto Daily News ([http://www.paloaltodailynews.com/])
  • diana@dailynewsgroupNOSPAM.com - http://www.paloaltodailynews.com/contact.html
• Palo Alto Weekly ([http://www.paloaltoonline.com/])
  • editor@paweeklyNOSPAM.com - http://www.paloaltoonline.com/staff/
• San Jose Magazine ([http://www.sanjosemagazine.com/])
  • gilbert@sanjosemagazineNOSPAM.com - http://www.sanjosemagazine.com/insidesj/
• San Jose Mercury News ([http://www.mercurynews.com/])
  • events@mercurynewsNOSPAM.com - http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/contact_us/#CALENDARS
• Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal ([http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/])
  • sanjose@bizjournalsNOSPAM.com - http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/services/editorial/lettertotheeditor.html
• SiliconValley.com ([http://www.siliconvalley.com/])
  • jpaczkowski@realcitiesNOSPAM.com - http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/contact_us/about/
• Silicon Valley Watcher ([http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/])
  • tom@siliconvalleywatcherNOSPAM.com - http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/bio.htm
• SF Bay Guardian ([http://www.sfbg.com/])
  • listings@sfbgNOSPAM.com - http://www.sfbg.com/submit_listing.html
• SF Chronicle ([http://www.sfgate.com/])
  • events@sfchronicleNOSPAM.com - http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/submissions/#datebook
• TechNow ([http://www.technowtv.com/])
  • scott.budman@nbcNOSPAM.com,scott.mcgrew@nbc.com - http://www.nbc11.com/technology/
• The Wave ([http://www.thewavemag.com/])
  • events@thewavemagNOSPAM.com - http://www.thewavemag.com/pagegen.php?pagename=events&name=events_form

Internet Media/Press to Contact

• DestkopLinux.com ([http://www.desktoplinux.com/])
• Linux.com ([http://www.linux.com/])
• Linux Online ([http://www.linux.org/])
• Linux Weekly News ([http://www.lwn.net/])
• LUG Resource Project ([http://www.linuxusersgroups.org/])
• LXer ([http://www.lxer.com/])
• Oracle Technology Network ([http://otn.oracle.com/])
• O'Reilly User Group Program ([http://ug.oreilly.com/])
• Slashdot ([http://www.slashdot.org/])
• The Register ([http://www.theregister.co.uk/] or US-specific [http://www.theregister.com/])
• TechWeb ([http://www.techweb.com/])

Online Calendars to Post To

Note:* A short version of a press release ([MarketingPostsToMedia]) about Picn*x14 was submitted to the following sites on July 1, 2005. *EXCEPT Linux Orbit and LinuxQuestions.org

• CIO Events Calendar ([http://www2.cio.com/events/submit.cfm])
• City Search ([http://www.aboutticketmaster.com/event.html])
• Craigslist ([http://www.craigslist.org/sby/])
• LinEvents ([http://linevents.com/submitevent.php3])
• Linux.org Calendar ([http://www.linux.org/events/bin/add_event])
• LinuxForums.org ([http://www.linuxforums.org/])
• Linux Gazette ([http://linuxgazette.net/])
• Linux Orbit Calendar ([http://www.linuxorbit.com/index.php?module=PostCalendar&func=submit])
• LinuxQuestions.org Calendar ([http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/calendar.php])
• LinuxToday.com ([http://linuxtoday.com/contribute.php3])
• Sunnyvale Community Events Calendar ([http://sunnyvale.ca.gov/events/home.htm])

USENET Groups and Mailing Lists to Post To

• linux-kernel mailing list ([http://vger.kernel.org/])
• comp.os.linux.misc
• comp.os.linux.announce
• ba.announce

What to Say

• [MarketingEmailToUGLeaders]
• [MarketingPostsToUGMailingLists]
• [MarketingPostsToUSENET]
• [MarketingPostsToMedia]
• See also: [FlyersAndHandouts]