[Scale-planning] Expo Pass

[Steve M Bibayoff]

Hello,

The way most conferences do it (AFAICT) is a badge holder that has a
different color stripe on the bottom with the label "Expo Only",
"Full", "Speaker", etc .

Here is a picture of someone different badges to get an example:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N29EM1MsP10/UGNtoWA1sQI/AAAAAAAADUk/tBko0rtjELA/s1600/BadgeCode.JPG

Steve

On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 7:40 PM, Lei Zhang <leiz at socallinuxexpo.org> wrote:
> If there are two different kinds of card stock, then that requires a
> separate registration / check-in line for expo passes, where the
> printers are loaded with the expo pass card stock. Or it would require
> printers that have 2 paper trays. Not to mention we need to buy 2
> different card stocks and buy enough of both so they do not run out.
>
> Ribbon flags to separate full passes from expo passes is hard to get
> right. If we make full attendees wear the ribbon, then some will
> forget or lose their ribbons and get mistaken for expo attendees. If
> we make the expo attendees wear the ribbon, some of them will lose
> their ribbons and become full attendees.
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 7:19 PM, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Just had a BGO! No need for the color printer etc. Just use a different
>> color card stock for the Expo only passes!
>>
>>
>> Caryl
>>
>>
>> P.S. I also like the ribbon flag systems.
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Scale-planning <scale-planning-bounces at lists.linuxfests.org> on behalf
>> of Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com>
>> Sent: Monday, March 6, 2017 7:13:18 PM
>>
>> To: SCALE Planning List
>> Subject: Re: [Scale-planning] Expo Pass
>>
>>
>> Sorry... the stated topic is "Expo Pass" so that's where I put it. I'll
>> start another thread.
>>
>>
>> Caryl
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Scale-planning <scale-planning-bounces at lists.linuxfests.org> on behalf
>> of Lei Zhang <leiz at socallinuxexpo.org>
>> Sent: Monday, March 6, 2017 5:17:37 PM
>> To: SCALE Planning List
>> Subject: Re: [Scale-planning] Expo Pass
>>
>> Hi Caryl,
>>
>> If you have suggestion for badges that are not related to the topic of
>> making expo passes more distinct, please start a new email thread for
>> suggestions, rather than mixing two topics in one thread.
>>
>> 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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>>> 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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