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1. New Exhibition Plan I am awfully sorry but we had to rearrange some booths in the Gartenhalle again. This also affected a number projects booths. Several stands are still at the same location where they were four days ago, but some (Symlink, OpenWrt, OpenOffice.org, Forth, FSF, X.Org, Rocklinux, Multimedia) had to be moved. One benefit is that Rocklinux and Multimedia don't have the large pillar in front of their booth anymore. Please check the map again for your own booth. I really hope the plan is final now as it does really cost a lot of time to move all the booths around. Since there are external limitations (i.e. the booth booth builders have a say as well), the chances are good that it's really final now. Exhibition plan for the Gartenhalle: [1]PNG, [2]EPS, [3]PS, [4]PDF (full). 1. http://hydra.hq.linuxtag.net/~joey/LT2005/aufplanung-gartenhalle.png 2. http://hydra.hq.linuxtag.net/~joey/LT2005/aufplanung-gartenhalle.eps 3. http://hydra.hq.linuxtag.net/~joey/LT2005/aufplanung-gartenhalle.ps 4. http://hydra.hq.linuxtag.net/~ruth/Plan-LT/LinuxTag-Messeplan.pdf 2. Booth Decoration As it is clear where the booths will be located and how they look like, you should think about how you want to decorate the booth in detail. If your booth will be located in the Gartenhalle, it will be surrounded by wall segments that are nearly 1 m wide and about 2 m tall. These can be used for posters and explanatory graphics, descriptions and the like. The booths will have a ceiling construction that also provides lightbulbs. If you want to attach a video projector to the ceiling, you'll have to be very careful. The construction needs to be visitor-proof, i.e. the machine must not be able to fall down. There must be now flying cables either. The project also must not interfere with the light or be able to fire up the ceiling. Last year, we had to dismount a project-contributed projector due to this. If your projects booth is located in the foyer of the Stadhalle (the conference building, booth numbers X* and Y*) then there will be no surrounding walls. Instead we will use the walls on the back side of the booths and idle pillars for posters and banners. We will also use a couple of movable walls where you can place posters as well. 3. Posters Please prepare at least one large poster (A1 or A0) to be placed on the walls of your booth or an idle pillar so that visitors understand what the booth is all about or what the particular machine in front of them intends to demonstrate. Without posters or other similar stuff the booth will probably look a bit deserted and not that interesting. If you need assistance or inspiration for large posters, please see the [5]FAQ item about this. You can use adhesive tape to fix the posters on the walls. 5. http://www.infodrom.org/Debian/events/LinuxTag2004/faq.html#poster If you plan to demonstrate fancy hardware at your booth, it is very helpful to describe these particular pieces of hardware in a poster or a large sign, so that visitors recognise its value of it or notice that it is extraordinary. 4. Insurance LinuxTag e.V. can not apply for an additional insurance to cover all projects and their equipment. Therefore, you should be very careful with the equipment you are going to use. If breaks, it's broken. You should also not leave worthy small parts at the booth when there are no staff members at the booth (i.e. during the evening and morning) when you are outside the exhibition. It should be sufficient to place movable parts in a box at the back of the booth. You should also not place larger items (like monitors and boxes) in the front of the booth in a way so that they can be carried away easily. Obeying to these basic rules should help you not lose any of your equipment. 5. Organisation of Lifts Again this year, there's a [6]Wiki page used for coordinating lifts from various places to or back from LinuxTag. If you have a spare seat and would like to give a lift or if you are looking for a lift yourself, feel free to check that Wiki page and leave your details. 6. http://linuxwiki.de/LinuxTag2005/FahrGemeinschaften In addition to this, there's another [7]Wiki page for coordinating free entrance [8]tickets for members of the community (visitors and project members that are not booth staff). 7. http://linuxwiki.de/LinuxTag2005/KostenloserEintritt 8. http://www.linuxtag.org/eticket/ 6. Banners In order to be most helpful for the community it is always helpful and a good idea if you are advertising your presence at the upcoming LinuxTag as well. There should be several LinuxTag logos ([9]yellow and [10]blue I know of at least) that could be used if you want to link from a logo to the main page. 9. http://www.infodrom.org/gifs/lt2kyellow.gif 10. http://www.infodrom.org/gifs/lt2kblue.gif In addition to these simple logos we have also created a set of banner images which you could add to your site. Adding a link to the LinuxTag website is always appreciated as well and helps us since visitors of your site can get more information about the event. However, we don't want to enforce this. Three banners have been created. Feel free to select one to add it to your own website: * [11]234x60 (English) * [12]234x60 (German) * [13]150x150 (German) 11. http://www.linuxtag.org/2005/de/fileadmin/banner/234x60.png 12. http://www.linuxtag.org/2005/de/fileadmin/banner/234x60_deutsch.png 13. http://www.linuxtag.org/2005/de/fileadmin/banner/150x150_deutsch.png Best wishes, Joey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
