[FOSDEM] OK to Do additional signage at FOSDEM?

[Boriss Mejias]

Ray Kinsella wrote on 17/01/2020 15.00:
> Similar question - crowd control was a challenge in the SDN Devroom last year.
> Particularly at the start of the day.
> 
> Is it permissible we erect signage to designate an "Entry Only" door and "Exit Only" door?
> This would help manage entry/exit between talks.

We have been doing this at the PostgreSQL devroom and it works very well. We 
don't put signs, but we have volunteers to guard the doors. At least one on each 
door, sometimes even two per door, one inside and the other outside (to help 
going out and prevent from coming in when the room is full).

Another advantage of this system is that when a talk finishes, some people will 
leave the room, and we ask everyone to defrag. They will move from the 
"entry"-side to the "exit"-side filling in all the empty spaces. Like that, new 
people will find empty spots at the side of the room they are coming in.

Cheers
Boriss

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> Ray K
> 
> 
> On 17/01/2020 12:01, Leslie Hawthorn wrote:
>> Thank you kindly, Mark!
>>
>> On Fri, 17 Jan 2020 at 12:57, Mark Van den Borre <mark at fosdem.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Leslie,
>>>
>>> I've bcc'd your request to the person responsible for signage at FOSDEM.
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>> Op vr 17 jan. 2020 om 12:52 schreef Leslie Hawthorn <mebelh at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>> Hello FOSDEM Team,
>>>>
>>>> The Community DevRoom will be located in Building U this year - and
>>>> thank you very much for the larger room assignment! - and we found
>>>> last year that it was a bit hard to find us. Would it be permissible
>>>> for the Community DevRoom team to bring some sign stands to set out on
>>>> the path to help visitors find us?
>>>>
>>>> We would, of course, clean up after ourselves and leave no additional
>>>> trash for the staff and volunteers to deal with, because that's just
>>>> rude.
>>>>
>>>> I was thinking we would buy some of these [0] and change them to say
>>>> "caution, you're walking past the Community DevRoom" with an arrow
>>>> towards the room.
>>>>
>>>> We would also list the DevRooms in Building U that are taking place on
>>>> Sunday on the signage because we are loving, inclusive people who want
>>>> to help everyone out.
>>>>
>>>> Please let me know if this would be all right.
>>>>
>>>> [0] - https://www.indiamart.com/proddetail/wet-floor-caution-stand-7535174133.html
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> LH
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Leslie Hawthorn
>>>> http://twitter.com/lhawthorn
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