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Infomail #1 - April 4th, 2005 - Preparations, Fees, Descriptions, Logos, Banners
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1. LinuxTag 2005 Preparations
Welcome everybody! In less than three months this year's LinuxTag will start, which means that there's a lot of work to do during the following weeks if we want to come up with a successful event again.
Many projects have already started with the plannings. However, still many things are missing and need to be decided and planned until LinuxTag can start.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me. However, if possible I will point to the FAQ which should already contain most of the information you'll need. You will also find additional information at <http://www.infodrom.org/Debian/events/LinuxTag2005/>. Don't worry about the Debian part, since this directory is just a collection for both general and Debian related organisation.
2. Entry fees
Starting with this year LinuxTag will cost entrance fees for most visitors. The prices (one day € 15, two days € 25, all days € 35) are listed on the LinuxTag site. There are plans for a community program that will offer tickets without fees for community members.
The exhibitor passes for project booth members will continue to be free of cost (or at least that's what Joey is trying to achieve one way or another). However, they are not meant as an excuse for regular visitors to save the entrance fee. Hence, please don't abuse this and don't add random visitors as booth staff if they don't belong to your booth. I've already fought a fight against a special fee for project members, so please don't let me down.
3. Descriptions
We need descriptions for all projects that will participate in the exhibition. They will be used on the website (both Infodrom and LinuxTag) and on print works (such as the exhibition journal) and maybe also in other online reports and listings (maybe somebody wants to write something up for LWN or Newsforge?). Please ensure that there is a German and an English description.
The description should contain information about your project and give the readers an objective view of what they have to expect at the booth. It should be written as an objective article and not like "Here you will see foo". The description should also only consist of continuous text and not contain lists and the like. Also, there's a special field for URLs, so they don't need to be part of the description.
Please only use <p> tags in the description since other markup won't be reproduced properly on other media. Additionally, please write the description so that it can be shortened from the end, when a shorter description is required for a particular list.
If you are not 100% sure that your descriptions fit these needs, please check them again. If you have any questions with regards to the description, please get in touch with me.
4. Logos
I would also like to collect two types of logos for your project. One should be useful for presentations in the web, such as a projects listing on the LinuxTag website. Hence, a small resolution.
The second graphic, however, should be of a resolution as high as possible. This one will be used for print media. A large TIFF file or a PostScript file would be best. If I should have such a graphic from last year already, a note would be helpful, so I can actually check the archives.
5. Banners for You
Several people have asked for banners which they can put on their website to link to the LinuxTag site. We have finally created a set of images which you could add to your site. Adding a link to the LinuxTag website is always appreciated and helps us since visitors of your site can get more information about the event. However, we don't want to enforce this.
Three banners have been created. Feel free to select one to add it to your own website:
