Hi, > - the "hacking" area wasn't avaible on the first days, so much Debian > folks was sitting around at our booth, so visitors (if they weren't to > afraid too come to our booth) didn't know whom to ask questions.
Now that you mention it: Something that really annoyed me last year (I didn't go this year, but I doubt this has changed) was the rude tone in which the people that were not on their shift were asked to leave, even while they were talking to visitors. Not a permanent solution, but workable: Have a *visible* hacking/hanging out area where people can gather. Yes, visitors may happen to ask those people some questions, but I think it is more important to show that Debian is after all a community effort. Hiding everyone who is not "official" is not a solution. > - Another part of the problem was, that people were sitting in the back, > showing visitors their back, and one showed them (while wearing a to > short shirt and bending forwards to hack on his notebook) parts of his > body, which didn't saw the sun recently. Better chairs (i.e. ones that don't let you see through)? I think it is sort of unavoidable to have people look into a monitor that can be seen by the visitors and not have them turn their back to the visitors. It can be trained, but... :-) Again, separating the booth into an "official" and a "hacking" part may help here, as may projecting stuff that you show to visitors onto a side wall rather than the back wall (Yes, two beamers. One to catch attention, one to demonstrate things). > - If you are at the booth, and female visitors come to you, don't stare > at their breasts (or at least don't dislocate to do so). Duh. Nothing to say about that. At least I didn't hear about Debian people offering them money, as some M$ people did a few years ago. > - If you want to give away flyers, don't bring your printer (we won't > have always place for that), and start printing them. Having an own printer is IMO a necessity. Basically, it sucks when you have pointed a visitor that had a concrete question to a web page that answers it and you need to scribble down the URL; printing stuff out at the booth helps a lot here. Printing flyers is something different, yes. > - If you had a long night, it might be that you get very sleepy at the > booth, where the air often does not contain much oxygen. But please > don't sit at the booth, head on the table. Luckily you weren't > snoring. Yes, the "hanging out" area needs beanbag chairs. > Possible solution: Get a storeroom like last year, or bring your personal > stuff to the hacking area (hopefully there will be one). Storeroom. Simon -- GPG Fingerprint: 040E B5F7 84F1 4FBC CEAD ADC6 18A0 CC8D 5706 A4B4
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