[Foss4g2009] Mini-exhibitions?

[Arnulf Christl]

On Sun, September 28, 2008 07:49, Paul Ramsey wrote:
> Pay for their half-table? Nothing! You'll be lucky to get people to
> *stand* at a *free* table. :)
>
>
> P.

+1

But I support the idea to have the software projects exposed better. At
the FOSSGIS conferences and at the Intergeo trade show we actually reserve
1/3 of the exhibition place for projects to present themselves, make quick
hack sprints when there is only dreary talks on etc. Add a few sofas to
somewhat soften the hard business look.

And maybe we can expose the OSGeo booth better than this year. It should
stick out of the crowd a bit and it does not need to be a closed box. A
few tables and lots of CI's tablecloth and banners do the trick fairly
well.

Best regards,
Arnulf.

> On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 10:37 PM, Cameron Shorter
> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Tim and others,
>> For 2009 we will have exhibition booths which will be occupied by
>> sponsors & vendors (who can afford it). What I'm wondering is whether
>> there should be a smaller presentation category for small Open Source
>> Projects. Maybe only
>> available on the day. Maybe only offering a table, or part of a booth.
>> Aimed
>> at being a place where customers can find presenters or project leads
>> and network.
>>
>> Tim, I'm wondering whether you could look around this week and see
>> whether there is a need for this, and if so, what would people be
>> prepared to pay for their  1/2 table?
>>
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