This thread is turning into mainly discussing the T-shirts etc.<br><br>My 6½ euros :<br><br>the T-shirt this year seemed to be of awful quality -- I'm quite sure you should never wear it or wash it, if you'd want the logo to remain (I did not buy it though, so I'm not talking from experience). I've preferred to spend double the amount, on a Barcelona tourist T-shirt with a print that looks to be much more durable.<br>
<br>Then, some people received a FOSS4G-branded USB-memory-stick, but not all. As far as I can tell you received it if you were considered to represent a sponsor, and/or if you gave a presentation -- but not a tutorial. Now this 8GB USB stick was actually done quite nicely -- a small thingy with conference logo, the contents of the Live Floppy, and room to spare. Still -- how much does it cost to produce a thingy like that ? Not more than a few euros, I don't think. Could easily be included as a nice goodie just for everyone attending, I would think, compared to the conference fee. Actually useful and, as opposed to those DVDs, re-useable. No need to make a distinction between people who receive it, and who don't.<br>
<br>Otherwise : I enjoyed the conference, but I was rather surprised at the unavailability of WIFI connections. In my opinion this is *really not OK* ; the venue should have unlimited WIFI access, no matter if there are 500 or 1000 or 2000 attendees. For me and my colleague this meant that we spent most of the time away from the venue, as we were preparing things for a presentation and we needed internet to do it. Also, even the wired internet in a tutorial room turned out to be flaky (just stopping). I would say to future FOSS4G organizers : make this a top priority in your venue selection and do not accept anything that does not offer the best. Last year in Sydney there was not any problem with this, in my recollection.<br>
<br>One last point : why was it so short? 2 days and some hours, from offical opening to closing. Can't we have like 4 days or so? Is this to economize on costs? I'd say there are always creative ways around that. If the FIRA would be too steep to rent for so long, why not open on Barceloneta Beach, or something? We'd have more of an ice-breaker at the same time, too. In any case, I think just a bit more time would have been nice.<br>
<br>That's it .. let's all go for maintaining and improving this wonderful event that is FOSS4G !<br><br>Kind regards<br>Heikki Doeleman<br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 10:37 PM, Daniel Ames <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dan.ames@isu.edu">dan.ames@isu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">>From the the point of view of someone processing travel through the university travel office, having the "swag" as part of the registration bill is MUCH better. <div>
<br></div><div>We can claim reimbursement for "registration" but not for individual goodies, like a t-shirt. So really, being honest about it, I much prefer to have the swag cost built in. That goes for special tours and dinners as well..<div>
<br></div><div>@LausanneFans the Lausanne T-Shirt was the best conference T-shirt I ever got. It's got this unique soft texture that always gets me a snuggle from my sweetheart when I'm wearing it. Maybe all you Europeans have softer shirts than us?</div>
<div><br></div><div>- Dan<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Ravi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ravivundavalli@yahoo.com" target="_blank">ravivundavalli@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font: inherit;" valign="top">Though I was not there, but for this discussion, would not have got the feel.<br>Venkatesh, keep it going.. This is a good feed back for future event planners.<br>
<br>The 'bad', I found is the best for DOs' and DONTs for the future.<br><br>Ravi Kumar<br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 16/9/10, Paolo Corti <i><<a href="mailto:pcorti@gmail.com" target="_blank">pcorti@gmail.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br>
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Date: Thursday, 16 September, 2010, 6:15 PM<div><div></div><div><br><br><div>On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Mateusz Loskot <<a href="http://mc/compose?to=mateusz@loskot.net" target="_blank">mateusz@loskot.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> On 16/09/10 09:13, Jeroen Ticheler wrote:<br>>> On 15 sep 2010, at 11:38, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote:<br>>><br>>>> d) Had to pay for FOSS4G2010 T-Shirt<br>>><br>>> I very much supported this idea of paying for the shirts! How many<br>
>> T-Shirts end up being unused? It makes a lot of sense from an<br>>> ecological / sustainability point of view to not just give away for<br>>> free.<br>><br>> I second Jeroen's opinion here.<br>
> The price was 5 EUR per t-shirt making it affordable.<br>><br>> Best regards,<br>> --<br>> Mateusz Loskot, <a href="http://mateusz.loskot.net" target="_blank">http://mateusz.loskot.net</a><br>> Charter Member of OSGeo, <a href="http://osgeo.org" target="_blank">http://osgeo.org</a><br>
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><br><br>In my opinion: no problem to pay, but it would make more sense if it<br>would have been in a better material.<br>I think it could be sold for even more than 10-15 EUR, but the quality<br>should be good ;)<br>
As it was written in a previous email, this kind of stuff (t-shirts,<br>
bags...) make an impressive marketing when used in social events, so<br>it would make a big difference if the t-shirt life is longer.<br>P<br><br>-- <br>Paolo Corti<br>GIS Architect and Developer<br>web: <a href="http://www.paolocorti.net" target="_blank">http://www.paolocorti.net</a><br>
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