Re: LWE-SF: New plans, with eDB

Does anyone know what is involved with the Sales Permit.
I haven't a clue.

--elein

On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 12:10:11PM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Folks,
>
> As it turns out, EnterpriseDB will have a 20x20 booth at LWE, and they
> would *love* to share it with the community. So we'll be operating out
> of their booth.
>
> Which means that David and Githogori will be organizing volunteers, swag,
> etc. Here's the things that need to be done based on last year:
>
> Volunteers: We need at least 2 volunteers per time slot for 6 time slots
> (2 per day), with a strong preference for 3 volunteers for Tuesday AM.
>
> Load-In/Out: we also need 2 people for load-in and load-out (grabbing our
> stuff), although eDB may help with this.
>
> Sales Permit: We need to apply for a temporary sales permit. Since the
> Foundation's 501(c)3 is pending, it would be better to get it as a local
> business even though we'll have to pay sales tax. Elein, this means you.
>
> Banner: I have this.
>
> T-shirts for Vols: I have this.
>
> Swag:
> Flyers: we're going to need to update and print flyers for OSCON as well,
> so we can do one run for both cons. See discussion on -advocacy.
> CDs: Same as above. This needs a major sponsor.
> Pins: Elein has these.
> Books: I have a bunch of out-of-date PG books it would be good to give
> away.
>
> Furnishings: Unlike the .org booth, our furnishings are not provided. D&G
> will need to coordinate with eDB what they'll order for us.
>
> Display: We also won't be able to use the nice LTSP terminals. This means
> providing our own PCs for display. Again, we should coordinate this with
> eDB; they were probably planning on leasing some.
>
> Food & Water: we should bring in a case of water. Daily runs to the
> sandwich shop worked last year for food.
>
> D&G, I now hand this over to you ...
>
> --
> --Josh
>
> Josh Berkus
> Aglio Database Solutions
> San Francisco
>