On Jan 31, 2008 10:10 AM, Mike C. Fletcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Edward Cherlin wrote: > > 2008/1/29 Noah Kantrowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > ... > >> We are holding open an OLPC booth, as someone had mentioned that they > >> wanted one. Can anyone confirm this? > >> > > > > A number of OLPC volunteers will be at PyCon, myself included. Does that > > work? > > > We're told by the PyCon organizers that they require an official request > and a commitment to staff the booth throughout the conference hours in > order to get the space reserved.
I will make sure the booth is staffed at all times. I have done booth duty and staff management at other conferences, such as Linux World. Send volunteers my way, and we will work out a schedule. > They have the entire Expo hall > "bookable", so we're competing with people paying for the privilege of > displaying their "wares". We need to get the request in ASAP to avoid > losing the booth (i.e. yesterday-ish). > > We'd probably need 5-6 people to man the booth throughout the conference > days without asking someone to spend the whole conference behind the > desk. I'm certainly willing to take a half-day or more. We should have > a good selection of XO's available. Would be nice if we had a table, > maybe a couple of posters and the like, but realistically I don't have > enough time booked for OLPC before the conference to get that done. > > If we can get 5-6 volunteers to commit to it I'm willing to put together > an official request and move forward. > > Take care, > Mike Let's do it. There will be a number of XOs circulating and in the booth. I can bring a current Live CD. If we can get a few packs of discs and the use of a gang burner during tutorial time, we will be all set. Does anybody have access to a poster printer? Walter says we might be able to get a banner. We should compose a flyer with information on Python on the XO, including Pippy and Sugar resources, and pointers to mailing lists, important Wiki pages, and the like. Can somebody bring a demo string-pull power unit? We had one at a recent BayPiggies meeting. Can anybody think of suitable schwag that we can get donated? Tiny rubber snakes to take with you on the plane? ^_^ -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."--Alan Kay _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel