This is what one of the main coordinators of another booth told his
collegues. Since it has some good ideas, I'm quoting his mail entirely.
Regards,
Joey
Ralf Nolden wrote:
> Hi there,
>
>
> Linuxtag will start next wednesday for those who prepare the booth, for
> others on thursday when the first offical day is.
>
> In this document, I want to provide you with the information you need as
> a participant of the KDE crowd which is over 40 people at LinuxTag.
> Therefore to guarantee a LinuxTag with much less problems than running
> that unorganized, the following information should be regarded, read
> carefully and answered if you have questions. It's not too restrictive
> but gives the things that I think are necessary to cause the minimum
> amount of work possible (see that as preventing work duplication efforts
> compared to code duplication efforts).
>
> a) Booth service:
>
> Disclaimer: I hope I don't annoy those who say an attatchment should be
> placed anywhere on the web, please excuse me for that ksp file.
>
> In the attatched kspread file you'll find all the general information
> you need for the booth schedule. Details:
>
> 1. Shifts are 9am-1:30pm and 1:30pm-6pm. A bit long for some people, but
> makes it easier for all as you can concentrate on your hacking
> activities for the rest of your KDE LinuxTag participation.
>
> 2. Per shift there is one of us responsible for the booth (marked with
> red). Turn to that person on questions for organizational stuff,
> whatever, and most importantly preventing a panic from the users when
> they get KDE 2.2, KOffice 1.1 and KDevelop 2.0 presented and want to
> steal your machine. (those are usually Torsten, Eva and myself for the
> whole day, but just *one* of us as marked)
>
> 3. Per afternoon shift there is one responsible for the cleanup in the
> evening. On sunday, Torsten, Eva and I will take care of that plus Niko
> and Danimo so we leave LinuxTag with the best impression of the KDE Team
> - a clean booth. During the week, the main work is just to grab the
> plastic bag and set it in front of the booth (if everyone sticked with
> the rule to put his own trash into the plastic bag of course:) so the
> cleaning service can pick that up.
>
> 4. Changing shifts: if you want to change a shift with somebody, drop me
> a mail with whom and when. This may be needed in case you want to attend
> a talk that you think is interesting for you to further enhance your KDE
> code by gathering more knowledge :))
>
> 5. The persons sitting on the 6 computer places are responsible for
> their place they're at. You need to keep an eye on your mousepad and
> most importantly any wireless hardware such as mice and keyboards, also
> iPaq's, handhelds and Laptops for demo. Don't leave your place without
> notifying the one responsible for the booth during your shift. In case
> you're longer away than a couple of minutes (say for a talk), please
> provide another developer taking over your place during that time. The
> root password and the user password for your demo user (usually that is
> just "kde" or "linuxtag") should be given to the next developer that is
> on the machine. Preferrably given to the one responsible for the day
> which can hand that over to the next person for the following day so we
> can assure all machines can actually be used :)
>
> b) Friday Evening, Social Event: for those who are going there, we'll
> get free entrance tickets. We'll share them before we join the event.
> Please don't bug the one responsible at the booth *before* 6pm for your
> ticket. They'll be given out when everything else is done, the booth
> cleaned up. *Everyone* gets a card, so please don't turn crazy like
> we're selling Madonna concert tickets :)
>
> c) Software on the demo machines: Advised are KDE 2.2 beta, KOffice 1.1
> beta 3, KDevelop 2.0 beta (or current CVS). Additionally, applications
> such as ktouch for learning purpose demo, other KDE utilities to be
> found at apps.kde.com should be regarded in case you'll get asked for
> the one or the other application functionality. Especially Cervisia is
> advised; if the kpart for konqueror can be provided until the end of the
> week for demo, the better.
> Your default setup, especially your background wallpaper, should be the
> new default_blue.jpg wallpaper, NOT any nude pictures or women of any
> kind. Remember we have a women's group that will be present at the booth
> and showing off your personally preferred background image may 1.offend
> the KDE women, 2. offend women who want to have a demo of KDE and
> questions answered. Also, a CVS copy should be on some machines to allow
> "Live Hacking" if users may come up with nice, easy to implement
> features that can be done at the booth and checked into CVS. We'll also
> try to organize some paper and pens so you can take notes on user
> whishes and good ideas for later implementation, especially if the
> wished feature cannot fit into the current KDE 2.2 release plan.
>
> d) Everyone *NOT* on the booth service list for given timeframes but KDE
> participant at LinuxTag:
> The explicit right is hereby given to the person responsible at the
> booth for his shift, to kick out any and all KDE developers that are NOT
> having booth service during the shift. There will be no discussion about
> it as you can think of 40 developers overcrowding the booth and turning
> everything into a mess. We provide a hacking area (or, if not in the
> Expo hall, the RedHat labs in Stuttgart, 10 minutes away) for you to
> stay at. There you can hack, share information and meet other developers
> you want to work with and fix either KDE 2.2 issues, do new stuff or
> whatever. Please don't be angry if we have to restrict the number of KDE
> developers present at the booth, but otherwise we'll end like last year
> with not enough space for the visitors wanting to have information and
> the ones actually doing the service can't do their job as good as they
> could.
>
> e) Dresscode: (yes, now comes the fun part nobody wants to hear about
> :))
> For those at the booth doing booth service, a suit, at least a clean
> Jeans and a Jacket with a shirt and tie, are recommended, but not
> mandatory. Mind that the impression you're making on other people
> represents KDE. However, T-shirts and plain Jeans are allowed and
> appreciated as some people won't talk to you if you're in a suit - maybe
> - and you don't own a suit or you just don't like it. For the women
> (hopefully there will be more appearing and offering help on the booth)
> a dress is appreciated, at least a skirt and blouse (though that depends
> on the women's choice anyway, just making sure you look good should do
> the trick :)).
>
> Finally, some words about motivation:
>
> a) You're highly motivated - everyone in KDE currently is, no doubt
> about it. If you're not, talk to other developers sharing their
> motivation with you :)
> b) *Share* your motivation. You're at LinuxTag not only for having a fun
> time with the ones you already know online or in real life, but also to
> motivate possible new developers. Although only 1 of 5 will come up
> later and do something, talking people into participation is important
> and many just need a good start by the friendly and motivating attitude
> that you have (I repeat myself: All users can be turned into
> developers).
> c) Questions about GNOME and KDE relations: (telling this in case you
> don't know) We have a good relationship and even collaboration on
> various parts, may it be the implementation of desktop standards like
> the .desktop files, the WM specs, developer meetings (such as KDE's
> participation at GUADEC II this spring in Copenhagen, Denmark) and the
> file format import filters for Office applications.
>
>
> That's it. Mail me if you have further questions that need to be
> addressed. I remember you to drop Eva (eva@kde.org) a mail immediately
> if you need dinner (except for the social event evening friday) ! We
> need to give the number of needed meals to the LinuxTag organization
> ASAP so we don't have 20 of us having dinner for free while 20 others
> need to go to a restaurant!
>
> Thanks and happy Linuxtag. See you on the booth next week ! Thanks also
> to all who are coming for your participation, engagement and work as
> well as the organizators of both LinuxTag, Joey and the KDE developers
> organizing and running the event.
>
> Ralf
>
>
> --
> We're not a company, we just produce better code at less costs.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ralf Nolden
> nolden@kde.org
>
> The K Desktop Environment The KDevelop Project
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