Re: Going to OSCON? We need your help! - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

According to the email i got from JD, the booth is 1213

On Jul 21, 2005, at 8:11 PM, Robert Bernier wrote:

> On July 21, 2005 06:12 pm, Josh Berkus wrote:
>
>> No doubt several/many of you are planning on attending OSCON
>> 2005.  The
>> PostgreSQL community will have a large, commercial booth in the
>> exhibit
>> hall at OSCON this year, sponsored by SRA and CommandPrompt.  And
>> we need
>> you to help staff it.
>>
>
> Since I have a floor map of the convention centre does anybody know
> what the booth's id number is supposed to be?
>
>
>> Based on last year, I expect that many of us will hang out at the
>> booth
>> anyway and it will be the place to discuss database programming at
>> the
>> conference.
>>
>
>
>
>> Since the exhibit hall will be open to the public for the
>> first time this year, we also need to make sure that the booth is
>> a busy
>> hive of activity at all times.
>>
>
> Any idea on numbers to expect?
>
>
>> So I'm asking all PostgreSQL community people who are attending
>> OSCON to
>> volunteer for one or more "shifts" during which you are committed to
>> helping staff the booth.   Available shifts are:
>>
>> Wednesday 10am - 11:30am
>> Wednesday 11:30am - 1pm
>> Wednesday 1pm - 2:30pm
>> Wednesday 2:30pm - 4:30 pm
>> Wednesday 6:00pm - 7:30pm
>> Thursday 10am - 11:30am
>> Thursday 11:30am - 1pm
>> Thursday 1pm - 2:30pm
>> Thursday 2:30pm - 4:30 pm
>>
>
> I'm not sure what my hours are going to be but I'll be spending
> more time at the booth then I will anywhere else at the conference.
> I'll be in town as of Tuesday night for the whole week.
>
> The one event that I do know already that I want time out for is
> the book author's signing on Wednesday evening; I'm going as a Dru
> Lavigne groupie :-), http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bsdhks/chapter/
> index.html
>
>
>
>> Look at the OSCON master schedule: http://
>> conferences.oreillynet.com/os2005/grid/
>>
>
> This helps a lot.
>
>
>> Please contact me before Friday, July 29th so that I know you are
>> coming
>> and will help.  I will prepare a schedule, e-mail it, and have it
>> at the
>> booth when the show opens.
>>
>
> What about the other things about the booth i.e. table, power
> cords, lighting etc. I know it's being handled but not by whom. How
> far along is it?
>
>
>> **Let me know your e-mail address, name, what shifts you are
>> available for
>> (and how many you'll do), and your cell phone number for the show.**
>>
>
> What else do you need Josh?
>
>
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