[Foss4g2009] Mini-exhibitions?

[Paul Ramsey]

In 2005, in Minneapolis, as part of the associated EOGEO conference
they had a demo fest, and it went over really quite well. It was in
the afternoon, and just a couple rooms, but it did draw a nice crowd
of folks and give people lots of changes to talk. I think in
association with alcohol, it could be even better :)

P

On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 12:44 AM, shoaib <saburq at gmail.com> wrote:
> How about a night of demo-fest. A hall, lined with tables, peeps come
> in - miggle and watch the folks that are behind the tables talk about
> their cool new geo-thingo (which they run on their own laptop)
>
> I think it would be good to have that part of the schedule.
>
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 8:10 AM, Arnulf Christl
> <arnulf.christl at wheregroup.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Cameron Shorter
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>>>>
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