From the colour of the drapery to the designs on the walls, documents show that event organizers have paid careful attention to appearances as they prepare for the gathering of G8 leaders in Kananaskis.
When politicians sit down in the 30 chairs inside the Sherpas meeting room at the Delta Lodge, the head of the table will be silhouetted nicely against a black velvet drapery, 30 feet long and 16 feet high (9.1 metres long, 4.9 metres high). The plans, found in tender documents on a Web site, even suggest that potted plants be placed around some of the room's six surveillance cameras.
The documents describe in detail the site and the arrangements of the summit for companies that want to bid to provide audiovisual equipment.
In case the seating arrangements must change at the last minute, planners have asked for infrared systems to beam the voices of delegates and translators across the room.
Low-grade audio equipment won't be tolerated at this world-class meeting, either: "Hiss and/or noise will not be acceptable," the tender documents state.
Treating the media with courtesy also appears to be a priority for summit organizers. Reporters will have access to an "Internet Garden" and quiet booths for recording voice-overs. Broadcast personalities get their own segregated working area, away from the media rabble.
In another location, reporters will be treated to a nearly 360-degree view of the picturesque landscape while they toil in a room currently decorated with deer heads, bear skins and a fireplace.
Translators, too, get some consideration.
While two interpreters will be asked to squeeze into a booth little more than five feet (1.5 metres) wide, the contract requires a ceiling fan in each cubicle.
The interpreters will watch the action in the main plenary room.
As if the view of the wooded valley weren't enough to remind delegates that the event is taking place in Canada, event organizers also appear to have selected a stylized Maple Leaf motif to be repeated on the walls.
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