Hi Gareth, I hope you can do both but understand the challenges of working with hotels. I believe Ted Gould submitted a paper on Inkscape that didn't make the schedule but would make a great BOF.

Inkscapers: Can we pull together a display if we get the table top ?

John

Gareth J. Greenaway wrote:

John,

At the moment we are evaluating whether we can accept more groups to exhibit. As soon as we've determined that we have room I will let you know.

We are also exploring the possibility of having Birds of a Feather sessions.

Gareth

On Monday 16 January 2006 4:38 pm, John Taber wrote:

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Is a display table free for a open source project like Inkscape ? Several members of the Inkscape team will be there and might be able to pull together a display.

Well, it depends on whether SCALE can come up with table space. (Gareth, any word ?)

For the booth, the panels are four 36"x32" cloth panels that are arranged in a semi-square on the table. I usually hang pictures mounted on foamcore boards(usually made at Kinkos - btw cheap foamcore warps, better stuff doesn't) with self-adhesive velcro(buy in Wal-Mart) - I put a tablecloth over the table and put any handouts on the table. There's no need to necessarily man the booth though sometimes it's fun. Remember, people are usually viewing from a distance (ie 5-10 feet) so pictures and text need to be large. Probably need one big "Inkscape" sign. I usually put a basket of chocolates on the table - really draws people (if we get the booth I'll bring the chocolates!).

Ted Gould wrote:

On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 02:00 -0700, John Taber wrote:

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Inkscapers: Can we pull together a display if we get the table top ?

Yeah, I think we could probably put something together. But, I've never had a booth before, so I'm not sure what that'll entail. I imagine the best thing is to pull out some of the examples and make them into hard copies. I've also got the flier that Mr. Docs made for us a while ago, perhaps that can be updated also.

--Ted

On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 05:37:37AM -0800, Ted Gould wrote:

I took off the SCALE guy.

On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 02:00 -0700, John Taber wrote:

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Inkscapers: Can we pull together a display if we get the table top ?

Yeah, I think we could probably put something together. But, I've never had a booth before, so I'm not sure what that'll entail. I imagine the best thing is to pull out some of the examples and make them into hard copies. I've also got the flier that Mr. Docs made for us a while ago, perhaps that can be updated also.

If it's like LWE, basically they give you an ethernet drop and a power outlet, a table and a few chairs. There may be a sign on your booth, but it's usually worthwhile to bring something large you can hang up over it. It's worthwhile to have a system set up that you can demo on (e.g., an lcd, mouse, and keyboard attached to a laptop). Handouts are a great idea; brochures especially - you can go through a huge stack of them in a few hours.

For one OSS project, the boothies also brought a stack of CDRs and cases and sold them there at the booth, which helped cover the cost of the booth display materials and attendance.

Bryce