All good information...hopefully we can get enough people that there won't
be one or two all week...we can rotate in shifts. And gee, I guess they
can't charge my credit cards - since I don't have any! :)
Brent D
At 11:16 AM 6/5/99 -0500, Eugene C. wrote:
>Exhibitions, Please read.
>
>Since I suggested to participate to LinuxWorld Expo,
>some people want to join us. That is great, as long as
>they realize what is involve by doing so.
>
>Here are some experiences I went through in similar
>situations :
>
>Try to imagine what it is to be on a small both 5x10,
>(1.5m x 3 m) feet or 10x10 feet, (3m x 3m), for a
>week. We will not have a bigger booth.
>
>It means staying stand up on your legs, from 8:30 up
>to 17:00 without walking.
>
>It means to have a good knowledge of organization.
>Be able to make things happen.
>
>Imagine you arrive, there is no table, the electricity
>is not connected, your brochure have been delivered to
>another booth, (of course nobody knows which one), you
>get huge crates of material supposed to end up on IBM,
>Compaq, or HP, booth.
>
>People yell at you, because the crates are blocking
>the hallway,...
>You can not find any responsible person to talk on
>IBM, Compaq, or HP booth.
>
>The show organizers arrive at your booth with two huge
>"gorilla" from the security service and ask you to get
>out in the next 10 minutes, nobody paid this booth. Of
>course you can not find the person responsible that
>sponsored you, he/she already too busy with their own
>booth problem.
>
>Nevertheless, the show must goes on and you must be
>ready for it.
>
>
>It also means answering 20'000 times the same kind of
>questions, everyday.
>
>Saying 50'000 times, "Sorry, we are out of freebees",
>(hopefully not).
>
>Saying 500 times each day, "Yes the bathroom is right
>on the corner".
>Do not dream, if we get a free booth, it will not be
>at the center on a stage or podium.
>
>At the end of the week, same kind of problem, this
>time, bills and invoices, not for you, arrive at your
>booth and you are supposed to sign them.
>They do not let you leave the show floor without
>paying or signing them, (with your credit card number
>of course).
>
>I do not have to mention, you have a plane to take,
>you are already getting late for it.
>
>Ok, all of this, just to reminder to some of you, that
>working at a booth may not be like party for a week.
>
>All these do not include the problem outside the show,
>motel, hotel, taxi, etc.
>It is expensive and most of the time no organization
>pay for them, you must pay.
>
>Ok, Thank you for having read up to the end, (you
>might be ready for a show), I let you think about it.
>Let's make it happen !
>
> Eugene
>
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