[Kde-events] FOSDEM 2009: KDE DevRoom

[Bart Cerneels]

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Alexander Neundorf <neundorf at kde.org> wrote:
> On Wednesday 07 January 2009, Adriaan de Groot wrote:
>> On Tuesday 06 January 2009 18:50:21 Alexander Neundorf wrote:
>> > On Tuesday 06 January 2009, Claudia Rauch wrote:
>> > > 2009/1/6 Adriaan de Groot <groot at kde.org>:
>> > > > I also have last year's cashbox, still. I'll bring it, along with the
>> > > > box of booth things, which includes networking and electrical stuff.
>> > >
>> > > Speaking of booth things, I need to know what to send to FOSDEM.
>> > > Sending the whole booth box is quite expensive, but I guess we need it
>> > > since we need the pc and monitors, right? Do we also need the banners?
>> >
>> > I think so. Isn't the idea of the booth box to always send the whole
>> > thing so always everything is available ?
>>
>> The booth box is usable when there's no real alternatives. However,
>> throwing a few hundred euro at each event *is* prohibitively expensive,
>
> A few hundred euro ? Phhh...
> Do we need a small version of it ?
> But, FOSDEM isn't just some event.
> Actually, maybe I could bring it ? I'll probably be in Frankfurt end of
> January and I'll arrive at FOSDEM friday afternoon. But I'm not sure it's not
> too big or my car (if I have two passengers).
>
> Alex

The booth box is huge, it needs a large van.
But looking at Ade's list:
- Two flatscreen monitors (17")
- One SunRay
- One USB keyb+mouse
- Hub, cables, and other networking crap
- One power strip
and the amd64 x2

Combined with some idle laptops this should be enough. The only thing
we'll be missing is the promo materials in the booth box, but those
can be carried on a train or brought along by car.

The booth box is a lot more convenient for storing all expensive
materials at night at the campus. So I still prefer that. A few 100
euros is not to much for one of the biggest FOSS events in Europe I
think. We'll cover that amount with the merchandising anyway.

We'll probably have new Amarok T-Shirts and need at least 2 boxes of
KDE T-Shirts left over from Akademy.

Bart