[PyCON-Organizers] Staffing of an OLPC Booth at PyCon, volunteers needed

[Noah Kantrowitz]

Edward Cherlin wrote:
> On Jan 31, 2008 10:10 AM, Mike C. Fletcher <mcfletch at vrplumber.com> wrote:
>   
>> Edward Cherlin wrote:
>>     
>>> 2008/1/29 Noah Kantrowitz <kantrn at rpi.edu>:
>>>
>>>       
>> ...
>>     
>>>> 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 have a 36"-wide glossy plotter here on campus. If someone gets me a 
PDF or Scribus file I can plot it.
> 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.
>   
I can make a trip to the office the weekend before or something and 
collect whatever Walter et al is okay with having there.
> Can anybody think of suitable schwag that we can get donated? Tiny
> rubber snakes to take with you on the plane? ^_^
>   
http://xrl.us/bfi8s (Link to www.orientaltrading.com)? :)

--Noah

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