[Scale-planning] Expo Pass

[Mx Siltanen]

We would need more volunteers or paid conference employees to do this.

"Were there door monitors at the talks?"

It maybe better to just not have a expo only pass if this is a significant
problem.

On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 2:16 PM, Swantje <swantje at gmail.com> wrote:

> Were there door monitors at the talks? The only place I noticed anyone
> checking badges was at the entrance to the expo. Changes to the badges
> won't make a difference if badges are not checked.
>
> On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 2:07 PM Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks!
>>
>>
>> Great show! I'm not surprised to learn about the people misusing the Expo
>> Only passes. It is sad that they would do that, but it is a real
>> problem! Would it be possible to make the "Expo Only" badges more evident?
>> Every way I can think of would be pretty complex... different art work, or
>> maybe "Expo Only" in Red instead of black. Or how about a different font
>> for the and larger print for the "Expo Only" type? Even that would be a
>> bit complex. Maybe just a different color lanyard?
>>
>>
>> Also on the topic of badges... If the name badge part of the print out
>> could take up 2 adjacent regions so it could be folded in half and the name
>> could be seen from both sides it would solve the problem of 50% of the
>> people wearing badges that show as blank white cards (the back of the name
>> card). It is nice to be able to speak to people by their names, but half
>> the time it isn't possible (unless you already know them... but maybe you
>> haven't seem them for a while and can't remember their names?). If this is
>> done, the fold should be on the lower edge of the badge for easy insertion
>> into the badge holder.
>>
>>
>> Caryl
>>
>>
>> P.S. One of my booth volunteers actually went back and paid for a full
>> pass because he felt he wasn't going to do enough in our booth to deserve
>> full admission. As it turned out, he was a big help, especially on Sunday
>> when several of us had to go over to the OSSIE track and he filled in
>> admirably ... overcoming his shyness to really relate to the people who
>> were stopping by and asking questions.
>>
>>
>>
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>> *From:* Scale-planning <scale-planning-bounces at lists.linuxfests.org> on
>> behalf of Mx Siltanen <mrsiltanen at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Monday, March 6, 2017 1:35:12 PM
>> *To:* SCALE Planning List
>> *Subject:* [Scale-planning] Expo Pass
>>
>>
>> FYI -
>>
>> Clearly a number of people were purchasing the expo pass to attend the
>> presentations:
>>
>> "I friend told me that the expo pass is cheaper, I think it’s $20, I
>> don’t know what it’s limitations are. The talks I saw today were fantastic,
>> total"
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