dan@langille.org ("Dan Langille") writes:
> On 21 Jan 2007 at 15:01, Chris Browne wrote:
>
>> robert.bernier5@sympatico.ca (Robert Bernier) writes:
>> > Is anybody planning to attend this and set up a booth?
>> >
>> > http://www.it360.ca/
>>
>> I have involvement with the local LUG booth. I don't have a
>> particular "PostgreSQL hat" on in that context.
>>
>> It would be a nice thing to have *something* PostgreSQL-relevant
>> 'deployed' there.
>>
>> I'm not sure a booth is the right answer; the rules associated with
>> having a free booth are somewhat restrictive. If you have a free
>> booth, you're there to promote some form of user group, and it's
>> verboten to try to sell commercial services to passers-by.
>>
>> And it's probably rather late to be *starting* to negotiate a booth...
>>
>> It seems to me that having a PostgreSQL talk would probably be more
>> useful. But it's months too late; the due date, for that, was
>> November 4, 2005...
>
> Noted. If someone asks, we might just get it. The worst that can
> happen is a refusal. No harm. No foul.
Well, I have a meeting tomorrow where I wear my "LUG" hat and where
we're inviting extra folks in specifically to talk about matters for
this conference.
I do not see much point in pushing for a booth, fundamentally as I'm
not sure who would staff it, but I'll make sure I bend an ear or two
concerning presentations.
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