CORSA 2012: Videos and name tags

[Tim Schwartz]

Cathy,

	The most important thing to me is that the persons name is readable. 
If there is a consensus that we need more info on the tag (I've got no 
strong feelings one way or the other) that's fine by me.  If we have a 
fancy printer available and want to put each club's logo in the 
background of their tag (if we can get them to submit a digital file of 
the logo) that could be a really cool looking.

	A quick story about keeping it simple:  I recently had a 130th birthday 
part, I was turning 50, and my friend Matt was turning 80, and we did a 
combined party.  He suggested name tags, which I though was a good idea.

	My though for name tags was a pile of "Hello my name is" stickers and 
some sharpie markers.  His idea was color coded tags, computer printed 
so you could tell if the person was a friend of mine, a friend of his, 
or a mutual friend.  I had no objection, as he designed printed out the 
tags.  It was MUCH more effort than I would have put into it.

Have a great weekend, and happy Father's day to all who it applies to,
Tim Schwartz




On 6/17/2011 11:58 AM, McCafferty, Catherine wrote:
> Tim,
>
> Regarding the name tags, that is an excellent suggestion.  I'm just back from San Francisco where my company held a technology conference for our clients and vendors.  We had close to 280 participants from all over the world and that is what we did also.  One of my responsibilities was to prepare the name tags.  When people registered for our conference,  there was a form they had to fill out and one of the questions we asked was how they would like their name and company name to appear on their name tag and that's what I would type in on their name tag.  If they were bringing their husband, wife or significant other, only their name would appear on their name tag.  I then inserted the tag into a plastic badge holder which was affixed to a green colored lanyard which we hung around our necks.  The name tag had my company's logo and tag line on it and then we added the participant's name and company.
>
> Just out of curiosity, will the convention name tags include the person's club affiliation as well?  For example:
>
> Catherine McCafferty
> Bay State Corvair Club
>
> or just the participant's name?  I think it would be helpful to also include the participant's club affiliation, at least their main club affiliation if they belong to more than one club.
>
> Cathy McCafferty
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: conv-2012-bounces at corvair.org [mailto:conv-2012-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Tim Schwartz
> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 10:45 AM
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> Subject: CORSA 2012: Videos and name tags
>
> Hello all,
>
>       I think Ken's idea of sending out the promo DVD to local (I'll add:
> and maybe all) chapters is a great idea.
>
>       I also want to mention a brilliant idea cribbed from the name tags
> that were used at my high school reunion this past weekend.  They were
> printed (identically) ON BOTH SIDES!  That means if you were wearing one
> around your neck, you name was always visible and you didn't have to pay
> any attention to it!
>
> Have a great weekend,
> Tim
>