FYI. I participated in GenTech's 2002 conference in Boston. It was great fun! This years conference is January 22-24, 2004 in St. Louis, Missouri. Read on for how you can participate. Tina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shari Handley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 12:30 AM Subject: [STATE-COORD] USGenWeb's GenTech Booth > Hi everyone, > > Just a little over two months from the GenTech conference, and, while > we've got a pretty good start, there are a number of fairly urgent needs > to make our presence at the conference fruitful for USGenWeb. We've > raised just enough money to pay for the booth and a small part of the > other expenses. In other words, we'll BE there at GenTech. The > question now becomes, "Will we have a nice display?" As it stands right > now, it won't be a whole lot to write home about <g>. We can do better. > So I'm writing this note in hopes that we as a Project will pitch in > with the same "Can Do" attitude that has made us the best all-volunteer > genealogy project on the Internet. > > Here's what I need to make our GenTech display a winner: > > 1. People. If you're planning on attending GenTech, please let me > know. I'd like to have some assistance setting up and manning the > booth, and it would be lots of fun to spend some time with other > USGenWeb folks. :) > > 2. Equipment. We need a couple of laptops at a bare minimum. It would > be cool to have a projector and screen for a very visible PowerPoint > presentation. If no more money is raised, we for sure won't be able to > pay for internet connectivity, and so this would be a decent > alternative. So, if you are going to GenTech and I can count on you to > bring some of this kind of equipment with you, please let me know! > > 3. Brochures. Even if you *aren't* going to GenTech, here's an area > where you can help out! I'm looking for finished product, here . . . > flyers, trifold, half-fold, whatever, but already printed out and ready > to hand out. I'd love to see a brochure for each state and special > project - Here's your chance to shine! Counties and towns can make > their own brochures, too. If you'd like to send me (however many) > brochures, I will get them to GenTech and make sure they're available to > attendees. They can be mailed to my home . . . I'll give the addy to any > who are interested. > > 4. Monetary Donations. As I wrote earlier, we've raised enough money > to cover the charge for the booth and a little extra (and *many thank* > to those who have donated!). As of this writing, we've got a grand > total of $222.99. After paying for the booth ($150), that leaves $72.99 > for everything else. We'd like to have a number of topic-specific > flyers printed up to pass out (such as "What is a CC", "How Can I > Help?", "Getting the Most From USGenWeb Sites", and others - we're > looking for more ideas!). I'd like these to be a little higher quality > than plain-paper copies if we have the budget for it. Perhaps a light > card stock? Color? Also, if the budget will allow, it would be nice to > decorate the booth instead of just leaving it as-is. We need to know > soon just *what* the budget will be! > > If you read this far, thanks! So - if you are able to help out in any > of these ways, please contact me. You can also visit the USGenWeb > GenTech Donation page at http://www.usgenweb.org/GenTech/ . > > I'd like to say thanks once again to the Utah Genealogical Society for > their donation of a sign/banner for our booth, and to D. Joshua Taylor > (who will also be teaching at the conference) for all of his help and > for donating an ad in the conference program for USGenWeb. > > I'm looking forward to spreading the word about USGenWeb at the GenTech > Conference! With your help, we can have a professional-looking, > interesting, helpful display that we can be proud of. > > Shari Handley > [email protected] > > This message may be forwarded to other internal USGenWeb mailing lists > (such as state lists). Thanks! > >