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<p>Sorry... the stated topic is "Expo Pass" so that's where I put it. I'll start another thread.</p>
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<p>Caryl</p>
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<div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Scale-planning <scale-planning-bounces@lists.linuxfests.org> on behalf of Lei Zhang <leiz@socallinuxexpo.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 6, 2017 5:17:37 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> SCALE Planning List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Scale-planning] Expo Pass</font>
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<div class="PlainText">Hi Caryl,<br>
<br>
If you have suggestion for badges that are not related to the topic of<br>
making expo passes more distinct, please start a new email thread for<br>
suggestions, rather than mixing two topics in one thread.<br>
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On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 2:07 PM, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>
> Hi Folks!<br>
><br>
><br>
> Great show! I'm not surprised to learn about the people misusing the Expo<br>
> Only passes. It is sad that they would do that, but it is a real problem!<br>
> Would it be possible to make the "Expo Only" badges more evident? Every way<br>
> I can think of would be pretty complex... different art work, or maybe "Expo<br>
> Only" in Red instead of black. Or how about a different font for the and<br>
> larger print for the "Expo Only" type? Even that would be a bit complex.<br>
> Maybe just a different color lanyard?<br>
><br>
><br>
> Also on the topic of badges... If the name badge part of the print out could<br>
> take up 2 adjacent regions so it could be folded in half and the name could<br>
> be seen from both sides it would solve the problem of 50% of the people<br>
> wearing badges that show as blank white cards (the back of the name card).<br>
> It is nice to be able to speak to people by their names, but half the time<br>
> it isn't possible (unless you already know them... but maybe you haven't<br>
> seem them for a while and can't remember their names?). If this is done, the<br>
> fold should be on the lower edge of the badge for easy insertion into the<br>
> badge holder.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Caryl<br>
><br>
><br>
> P.S. One of my booth volunteers actually went back and paid for a full pass<br>
> because he felt he wasn't going to do enough in our booth to deserve full<br>
> admission. As it turned out, he was a big help, especially on Sunday when<br>
> several of us had to go over to the OSSIE track and he filled in admirably<br>
> ... overcoming his shyness to really relate to the people who were stopping<br>
> by and asking questions.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> ________________________________<br>
> From: Scale-planning <scale-planning-bounces@lists.linuxfests.org> on behalf<br>
> of Mx Siltanen <mrsiltanen@gmail.com><br>
> Sent: Monday, March 6, 2017 1:35:12 PM<br>
> To: SCALE Planning List<br>
> Subject: [Scale-planning] Expo Pass<br>
><br>
><br>
> FYI -<br>
><br>
> Clearly a number of people were purchasing the expo pass to attend the<br>
> presentations:<br>
><br>
> "I friend told me that the expo pass is cheaper, I think it’s $20, I don’t<br>
> know what it’s limitations are. The talks I saw today were fantastic, total"<br>
><br>
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