I think also, having a prominant "donations" container visible towards the front of the booth could both increase donations, and reduce folks expectations of getting T-shirts and such for free.
Even if CDs/DVDs/etc. are given away for free, by placing relatively few out at a time, or not so close to the front of the booth/table, that can significantly reduce the rate at which folks grab them (including how many they grab). I presume we'll have AC power? :-) hub(s), switch(es), wireless access point(s), etc. could come in quite handy. For some of the larger systems that may not be dragging in a monitor/LCD, some ssh, networking, and X might at least partially solve or at least help with that (but there remain trust/access/account issues and such). KVM device or switch might also help in that area. Internet access could of course also be useful. Quoting "Jaldhar H. Vyas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, 6 Jul 2005, Mike Markley wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 11:07:41PM -0700, Sean Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Joshua Kwan wrote: > >>> * The T-shirts were a blast but we ran out really quickly. L/XL seemed > >>> to be the most popular size, but we got a considerable number of >XXLs. > >>> People expected them to be free, too. > >> my times have changed. We never had a problem getting $10 a shirt, $15 > >> for the 2XX and larger. > We still don't. Just because people want something doesn't mean you have > to give it to them. Even at $10 or $15, our biggest problem at the East > Coast Linuxworld was running out of them too quickly. > > I suspect that the reason people expected them to be free is that, well, > > they're at a vendor expo. Most of the booths are occupied by for-profit > > companies who have some sort of goodies to give away as advertisement, > > whether it's pens or tshirts or stuffed animals or what have you. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
