Landscape architecture professionals from around the globe will gather September 18 – 21 in Chicago at the Lakeside Center at McCormick Place for the ASLA Annual Meeting and Expo. The meeting will feature more than 125 education sessions, field sessions, and tours over four days.
http://www.asla.org/2009meeting/
ASMP will be hosting several events and we want you to get involved. Here’s a brief overview of what we will be participating in:
Trade Show Booth on the Expo floor
3 Photo Booths on the Expo Floor
A Seminar (Friday 9/18 from 1:30-3pm) entitled: The Key to Getting Your Project Published
A pre-convention program (Thursday 9/17) on the “Business of Architectural Photography” (location still TBD)
Call for Volunteers: Candidates ideally should be well versed in the Business of Architectural Photography if they plan on volunteering for the Trade Show Booth and/or able to do executive headshots if they plan to volunteer for the Photo Booths. All volunteers will get free Expo floor pass (for walking the floor once your shift is over).
The Trade Show Booth will need to be set-up on Friday the 18th. The booth can be hand-carried (rolled) into the hall without any need for union labor. Staffing, set-up and tear down will need to be scheduled. Tear-down will be the evening of the 20th.
Photo Booths (3) will also need to be set-up on Friday the 18th and torn-down the evening of the 20th. Here’s what they have planned for us: http://www.asla.org/2009meeting/expoPhoto.html . We have been given a large area adjacent to the Trade Show booth.
We will be securing lighting equipment from a local rental house. From the hall we will be asking for a small draped table in each booth for your laptop and a stool for the sitters.
Photographers need to bring their own CAMERA, TRIPOD and LAPTOP and can set-up lighting as they choose. You may bring other accessories or lights. The files will need to be processed on the spot after the sitter chooses which they liked. Small files (web only) will need to be copied to the ASMP branded flash drives. Photographers may give their business cards to each sitter as a way to get in touch should they need a larger file or prints at which point the photographer could charge what they want for those services.
Staffing:
Friday, September 18th (8am – 1pm at the latest)
ASMP Booth Set-up: 2-4 people
Photo Booth Set-up (Friday): 2-4 people, also need to coordinate getting gear from rental house
Saturday/Sunday, September 19/20 (9am – 5pm in 2 shifts)
ASMP Trade Show Booth: need 2-3 people at all times.
Could be a morning shift and afternoon shift, so 4-6 people per day.
One or two to be available for ASMP questions, one to coordinate shooting schedules.
Photo Booths: need 3 at all times, morning shift and afternoon shift, 6 per day, so 12 total. You may volunteer for more than one shift depending upon response and availability.
Everything (all booths) will be dissembled at the end of Sunday (5-9pm). Need a minimum of 2 people per booth, so 8 total. Could be the same people that pull the last shift in each booth plus a few extra hands.
Monday, September 21st (8-10am)
Need to coordinate who will return gear to rental house.
We may also plan a group dinner for Friday night depending on the level of interest and participation.
Any questions should be directed to David Seide via e-mail: David@DefinedSpace.com
