Hi Thomas,
Thanks for arranging all of this stuff.
I'm not sure if you were notified, but we tentatively have a 3x3 metre booth
at LinuxTag. I'm not sure when we'll know for sure, and I still don't have
any information on what comes with the booth (tables, walls, etc.). We might
just have to improvise when we're there.
On Mon, 18 June 2001, Thomas Rother wrote:
> HARDWARE
> My organisation (GAIA eV, Eugenstrasse 9, D-70182 Stuttgart,
> http://www.gaia.de) is willing to provide hardware for the MIDGARD
> booth. There ist one Linux server station plus three Dual Boot Win/Linux
> workstations (all K6II based, 3 x 17' monitors, 1 x 15'). See attached
> jpg for details. Erratum: The central server is running on SUSE 7.1 now
> (it no loger has NT too, which saves us another 2 GB of space ;-) ). If
> the SUSE/MIDGARD problems are finally solved, I will put the current
> MIDGARD version on this machine so that we will have a local MIDGARD
> server.
We'll also have several people with laptops that they would like to use
(including me). I think a good strategy would be to bring the monitors
for sure (they're easier to read than laptop screens), but keep the PCs in
reserve - we might not need all of them.
> NETWORK
> We have an 8-port 10-MB hub so there are some ports left for your
> laptops. Up to know I have no information if the LINUXTAG organisation
> provides any Internet backbone to connect. The server has two eth cards,
> so some routing wouldn't be a major problem.
This is good news. The lack of detail from LinuxTag makes me a little
nervous.
> PRESENTATION
> For the booth, I can ONLY offer a (very bright, 750 W) overhead
> projector with an old LCD screen (640x480). Another, "good" beamer may
> be possible at least for the weekend, wait for more info ;-).
We need to think about this a little, given the size of the booth. Maybe
a little Dia diagram would be useful to lay things out.
> OFFICE
> If some MIDGARD people need a "remote office" to prepare themselves,
> they can use the (small) GAIA office for this. It is located in the
> center for Stuttgart, a 10-min walk from the central railway station and
> only 15-20 tram-minutes from the LINUXTAG site.
We should ask LinuxTag about this too. If we have access to the booth the
evening before the show then we should probably just go there, but if not
then doing a little prep at an office would be very useful.
> ACCOMODATION
> I can offer private accomodation for two people at my home and the home
> of a friend who also works for Gaia and lives 5 minutes from my house.
> We live in Esslingen (http://www.esslingen.de), some 20 km from
> Stuttgart. Transport time from the LINUXTAG site with the commuter train
> and bus is 38-47 mins (house to house). The Link-M guys will be in a
> hotel, so this offer may be good for others (Ami? Emiliano?). I need to
> know VERY SOON (!) WHO wants to stay in Esslingen and on which DAYS.
I'm taken care of. I'm not sure about Emiliano.
> STAFF
> >From Gaia, there will be three people (Thomas Rother, Anders Vogt,
> Michael Schrading) who are willing to help and also stay at the booth.
> None of us will be there on ALL days - we should go into the details
> later on. Note that we all are "MIDGARD novices" and therefore are NOT
> able to answer "hardcore questions" from the public.
Cool. We should probably try to arrange a loose schedule. As long as we've
got a reasonable number for each day I wouldn't stress about details too much.
We can negotiate food breaks and so on when we're there. I will be there
every day.
> DECORATION/POSTERS
> As recommended by Martin Schulze (see Mail "[LT Infomail#5]
> Accommodation, lifts, hints, booth structure - Midgard" Fri, 15 Jun 2001
> on
> http://www.Infodrom.ffis.de/Debian/events/LinuxTag2001/infomail-5.html),
> some "decoration" is needed. I have no time nor possibilities to create
> wallpapers or posters for MIDGARD: I would welcome if the core
> developers could bring in appropriate paperwork (keep in mind that we
> need at LEAST some big "Midgard" logos and (german or bilingual!)
> posters of big size (A1, A0). Someone should also produce an A5 flyer
> (possibly bilingual) about MIDGARD - this is REALLY important!!
See my earlier comment about booth layout. I really want to have a banner
of some sort, but there's no point bringing a big banner if we don't have
a backdrop to attach it too.
I will talk to Nemein and Aurora about flyers - they already have informational
material that we should be able to borrow. HKLC should have stuff as well.
We will need to get translations done, however.
> ROADMAP FROM NOW
> I am on vacation from 21.6 (this Thu) to 30.6. I can offer to do some
> translations if the MIDGARD community provides appropriate text material
> BEFORE Wednesday.
I'm in Helsinki until this evening, so getting things to you before you go
is probably not possible. Perhaps Torben can help with translations. I also
speak some German, but my technical vocabulary and grammar are somewhat lacking.
We'll figure it out, anyway.
Regards,
Ami.
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Nemein Solutions www.nemein.com
Midgard Developer www.midgard-project.org
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