[Penguicon-Concom] Set up appropriate to Technical conferences

[Matt Arnold]

On 7/6/06, Anne KG Murphy <akgmurphy at gmail.com> wrote:
> I was just at a couple conferences in a row for work, and I wrote a
> note to myself at one of them that Penguicon should have classroom
> tables, notepads, and pens set out for the attendees for some of the
> tech tracks at penguicon.  Even if we don't put out classroom tables,
> I noted that the smaller rooms at one conference still had a pile of
> notepads and pens on the water station at the back of the room, so
> people had something to take notes with.
>
> These were just little notepads and pens provided by the hotel. I
> wonder if it would be worth it for Penguicon to look into getting this
> service from our hotel?
>
> Alternatively, and as another point, pens are not that expensive a
> printed giveaway (at least, they weren't when Bill and I made a batch
> for our wedding) - we could have pens specific to penguicon, with the
> website URL on them and such.
>
> It just seems like professional technical conferences have this.  not
> sure if we're still hoping to some day have that during-the-day-friday
> hard core technical track again, but if we want to be viewed as a
> technical conference (in part), maybe we should have some of the
> vestiges of one.
>
> best,
>
> --Anne
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That sounds great. Is this my job? Or is that "Programming Ops"? For
that matter, am I "Programming Ops"? Just let me know.
-Matt