<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hello,<br><br></div>Some projects already have blank tags, usually at their booths. It's been the case for KDE for years, and IIRC also for Mozilla and others.<br><br></div>But yes, I do agree a proper badge is better. I usually bring one from some other conference.<br>
<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 9:08 PM, Jeremy White <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jwhite@codeweavers.com" target="_blank">jwhite@codeweavers.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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FOSDEM is amazing; the organizers are excellent people.<br>
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But it would be even better if there were name tags with affiliation.<br>
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Every other great conference I've been to does this; FOSDEM<br>
is the sole exception.<br>
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And name tags are a source of great joy. They allow people<br>
to strike up a conversation with you (as many did this<br>
weekend when seeing my WineHQ name tag). They allow you to<br>
figure out that the guy next to you in the beer line is<br>
a guy who graciously helped you fix a flaw in your patch - and<br>
now you can buy him a beer to say thanks!<br>
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I know name tags are hard and fiddly. But the reward for doing a fantastic job<br>
is being asked to do more <grin>.<br>
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Maybe the booklets could have a preprinted punch out name tag?<br>
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Maybe each room could have a stash of blank tags by the door with pens,<br>
or just have a table in each of the main buildings?<br>
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Last year, Benjamin Henrion publicly volunteered to do the work[1],<br>
but was silently ignored.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
<br>
Jeremy<br>
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[1] <a href="https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2013-February/001794.html" target="_blank">https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2013-February/001794.html</a><br>
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