Posted by rgs on December 14, 2011 at 5:30pm
Start:
2012-01-05 18:00 - 19:00 America/New_York Event type:
User group meeting
Join us from 6 pm to 7 pm to volunteer and discuss planning for Drupal Camp NJ on February 4. Scheduled 1 hour before the meet up.
WHERE
Join us in Room 112, of the Friend Center on the Princeton University Campus located on the corner of Olden and William streets.
After 5 pm, visitors may park in the University lot on William Street behind 185 Nassau Street.
visitor wifi details:
http://helpdesk.princeton.edu/kb/display.plx?ID=9713
http://helpdesk.princeton.edu/files/9713/OITVisitorWireless.pdf
Comments
i'l be there
Might be a couple of minutes late.....
suggested topics
I posted this hoping to generate some more submissions for the beginner track: http://www.drupalcampnj.org/news/suggested-topics-beginner-track
Thanks to everyone who came
Thanks to everyone who came and participated.
My todo list/notes from last night's meeting:
DrupalCamp Badges
Having the double-folded sheet for the badge and then putting a punch through it will be inconvenient for attendees. However, if we cut a single sheet of 8.5 x 11 paper in half and then staple along the fold, we get an 8-page booklet. We could, if needed, add an additional half-sheet for 12 pages. The hole punch could go in the corner or the center; after making the mockup, my preference is the center. I would be willing to assemble badges, and I am sure we could get a couple of other volunteers.
Stickers for names would be easiest, but we could still investigate if whoever is printing them can do a data merge (or print them all blank and send them through a printer a second time for the names and d.o usernames).
As for lanyards, now I see why WordCamps always try to recycle theirs. 200 x 1/4" rope cord lanyards with a hook clasp would be around $76.00.
http://www.lanyardsnow.com/Products/Item.aspx?itemID=51H-LK-H
+1 for recycle
Yes to recycle, lanyard and plastic! A little late for this event, but.....
Perhaps we can begin the trend by getting attendees to drop them off on their way out. We can keep 'em for the next event or pass 'em along to another group. Still got mine from NYC camp and just tossed out a few from events past.
My thought was that the
My thought was that the essential information would be on the inside, so accessible even while clipped.
In any case, I don't think unclipping is necessarily too much more work than taking the badge out of a folder like the NYC camp had?
Drupal blue? http://www.lanyardsnow.com/Products/Item.aspx?itemID=51H-LB-H
See below images using a D for D badge Jeannie gave me as an example - I punched it with an office punch and used a lanyard of a slightly different style I had handy. You can still open it to see the immediate inside contents, though I agree your idea might be better (though more work).
These pictures all look good.
These pictures all look good. One of the pros for using stickers, instead of printing names directly on the handout, is not having to search through a pile of handouts to find the right one for each person. Many stacks of handouts and a couple sheets of stickers.
Trying to reuse things from
Trying to reuse things from year to year is almost certainly not worth the hassle imho.
However, for an even lower impact and cheaper solution we could just use cord or yarn instead of a fancy lanyard. Too cheap?
DrupalCampNH purchased their
DrupalCampNH purchased their lanyards and plastic holders from http://www.pcnametag.com/ and had multiple pieces of paper inside the plastic, including the schedule and after-party map. http://twitter.com/#!/drupalcampnh/media/slideshow?url=pic.twitter.com%2FZoU2SS6G
Michelle Lauer
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