[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G2010: Good, Bad and the Ugly

[Daniel Ames]

>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.

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..

@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?

- Dan

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Ravi <ravivundavalli at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Though I was not there, but for this discussion, would not have got the
> feel.
> Venkatesh, keep it going.. This is a good feed back for future event
> planners.
>
> The 'bad', I found is the best for DOs' and DONTs for the future.
>
> Ravi Kumar
>
> --- On *Thu, 16/9/10, Paolo Corti <pcorti at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Paolo Corti <pcorti at gmail.com>
>
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G2010: Good, Bad and the Ugly
> To: "OSGeo Discussions" <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
> Cc: "Jeroen Ticheler" <jeroen.ticheler at geocat.net>
> Date: Thursday, 16 September, 2010, 6:15 PM
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Mateusz Loskot <mateusz at loskot.net<http://mc/compose?to=mateusz@loskot.net>>
> wrote:
> > On 16/09/10 09:13, Jeroen Ticheler wrote:
> >> On 15 sep 2010, at 11:38, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote:
> >>
> >>> d) Had to pay for FOSS4G2010 T-Shirt
> >>
> >> I very much supported this idea of paying for the shirts! How many
> >> T-Shirts end up being unused? It makes a lot of sense from an
> >> ecological / sustainability point of view to not just give away for
> >> free.
> >
> > I second Jeroen's opinion here.
> > The price was 5 EUR per t-shirt making it affordable.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > --
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> In my opinion: no problem to pay, but it would make more sense if it
> would have been in a better material.
> I think it could be sold for even more than 10-15 EUR, but the quality
> should be good ;)
> As it was written in a previous email, this kind of stuff (t-shirts,
> bags...) make an impressive marketing when used in social events, so
> it would make a big difference if the t-shirt life is longer.
> P
>
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Daniel P. Ames, Ph.D. PE
Associate Professor, Geosciences
Idaho State University - Idaho Falls
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