= Sage at the joint meetings in New Orleans, 2011 =

We are planning to have a booth this year.  

The meeting is January 6-9, 2011.

AMS website for the meeting: [[http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2125_intro.html]]

People who will be at the meetings and can help with the booth:

 * Jason Bandlow (Depending on my interview schedule, but I can likely help at least one shift)
 * Rob Beezer  (I'll commit to a half-day shift, and will likely be around more)
 * Karl-Dieter Crisman (pretty much all of Saturday, possibly other times)
 * DanDrake
 * Burcin Erocal
 * Marshall Hampton (most of the time)
 * John Perry
   * except Friday 1-3p, Saturday 2.30-4p
 * Flavia Stan (about half the time)
 * Dana Ernst (I can be available for a few hours on Friday; I'll swing by on Thursday to see when I'd be most useful)

The exhibit hours are

 * 12:15-5:30 Th
 * 9:30-5:30 Fr 
 * 9:30-5:30 Sa 
 * 9:00-12:00 Su

= Photos of the Booth (January 8/9) =

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Flavia Stan, Visitor, Burcin Erocal, Vistor, Tom Judson, Marshall Hampton

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Jason Grout, Visitor, Rob Beezer, Visitor

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Stiched panorama with the Judson Twins and a Ghostly Burcin

= Notes for the Next Meeting =

Notes, ideas, reminders for the next iteration, in no particular order.

 * Pay for a small table (small was less of a barrier, but barely sufficient)
 * Pay for two chairs (even though expensive)
 * Have 3d glasses---they drew lots of people to the table and into conversation.
 * Business cards were popular and ran out, these are critical
 * Take a projector to have a large screen
 * Or arrange for a local to bring a flat-panel screen (with stand)
 * Hooks or string for banner
 * Decorations (helium balloons, bright candy, etc)
 * Stickers (slide into name-badge, then affix at home)
 * Sage-related textbooks
 * Have a 5-step Quickstart guide to using Sage:
    1. Log into sagenb
    1. Find a quick-start published worksheet
    1. Evaluate a cell
    1. Create a new cell and evaluate 1+1
    1. Create a new cell and evaluate a cool plot
    1. Create a new cell and calculate rref of a matrix
 * Advertise ask.sagemath.org (on business card?)
    * Info: sagemath.org
    * Use: sagenb.org
    * Questions?  ask.sagemath.org