Name Tags and Registration

[Curly Girls]

Going off the notes from last year… we had name tags available. That link was not added at this time to the event page. So if we are not doing name tags, good to go.

We will need registration forms or whatever we traditionally have at the registration table and someone to staff this area during the event.

[JimandLinda]

Should only need a log sheet, as Bay Beach holds the liability at their building. Not sure about injury from snowball fights!

[BeccaDay]

Do we have the link up and running to request nametags Brian?

Not all who wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien

[Walkingadventure]

Revisiting this Nametag adventure.

Always lots of people asking. Fall event Brian directed us to the nametags sign up on the site.

Are we doing this again for the Chili Event?

Great news is the supplies are in the trailer and the printer dies last yr.

Is there interest in buying a new copier or seeing if a used color laser printer can be acquired?

Even at $1 a badge it seems pretty cheap to get some advertising an create some of value.

Maybe it doesn’t travel in the trailer but we get a name tag volunteer to do these.

Following the signals from space.

[Barry Butrymowicz]

Brian has always handled this, I tried to set it up in the past and have failed. Hope he can show one of us how to do this at the chili event

[Team Black-Cat]

Setting up nametags is a little bit of a PITA even after knowing how. If someone already knows how about MySQL and PHPMyAdmin, the I could shoe someone else how.
I set up the event for nametags. I have one of the laminators, but the tags and lamination are in the trailer.

[Walkingadventure]

I have the laminator and tags. Barry brought them to me Sat. I get the list and/ or file template if possible, I’ll volunteer to do tags

Following the signals from space.

[BeccaDay]

Why don’t we just print out a whole bunch of blank nametags. Then bring one of those label makers and the laminator to the events. Then we make them as people request them. Viola, easy peasy and not real expensive.

Something like this: http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/467420/Brother-P-Touch-PT-70BM-Electronic/?cm_mmc=PLA-_-Google-_-Labels_and_Label_Makers-_-467420-IQ_PE%20&Channel=Google&mr:trackingCode=8C176EF3-E753-DF11-BAA3-0019B9C043EB&mr:referralID=NA&mr:device=c&mr:adType=pla&mr:ad=35197947716&mr:keyword=&mr:match=&mr:filter=63883561796

Not all who wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien

[Team Black-Cat]

Making nametags at events has proven to be very impractical (read difficult). Adding another piece of equipment to the mix is just another piece of equipment that isn’t going to be where it’s needed when it’s needed, and won’t have cartridges ordered, etc.

I was able to add a Nametags checkbox to the Events approval page. Now any admin (board member) can turn the nametags link on or off for any event.

Suggestion on nametags… I think it would be reasonable to require WGA membership (not just having a logon to the website) to get a nametag printed. Make it a “benefit” to being a member.

[Team Black-Cat]

On the Events page, the Admin tab has a place to “View Nametags For An Event”. After selecting the event from the dropdown list, click view and a .CSV (comma separated values) file will be created and available for download. The file can be fed into any mail merge program. I’ve used MS Word and MS Publisher, but any program that can do a mail merge and print labels will work.
I certainly wouldn’t be upset if someone created a new format for nametags as long as it looks nice and at least has the WGA logo on it somewhere. If someone wants my Publisher format, I’ll have to recover it from my old (dead) laptop.

[Walkingadventure]

Posted announcement to the event page that nametag link will be open until Fri 2/21.

Don’t want to be making nametags until the minute I walk out to go to GB

Following the signals from space.

[Curly Girls]

Someone printing up a log sheet for registration?

Sounds like name tags are under control. Thanks Chris, saw the announcement.

[JimandLinda]

A sign in sheet is no longer required at Events, per Groundspeak directive.

Having some greeters is appropriate, though!

[AuntieNae]

I am just suggesting that we have a sign in sheet .. as a means to keep track of the teams that pathtags are given out to ..

Sign the cache sheet, receive your pathtag .. no questions asked later ..

[Team Black-Cat]

Having a sign-up sheet is about the only way to get total attendance. Handy for future planning…

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