Illuminated product and method for coordinating the location of attendees at an event

A method for coordinating a preferred occupant plan with a plurality of floor spot indicia carriers, the method comprising:

• entering a name or other identifier of a plurality of preferred place occupants in an initial attendee list;
• making a determination if there is an additional attendee to add to the initial attendee list or a determination that an attendee already on the initial attendee list has in the meantime decided to no longer attend the event;
• in the event that there is an additional attendee to add to the initial attendee list or an attendee already on the initial attendee list should be stricken from the list, amending the initial attendee list to correspond to the changes;
• once the initial attendee list has been amended or, alternatively, in the event that all additional attendees have been added to the initial attendee list and all canceling attendee already on the initial attendee list have been stricken from the list, validating the status of the initial attendee list, whereupon the initial attendee list is now operable as a list of the probable attendees of the event;
• assigning each attendee as the preferred place occupant with regard to a respective floor spot, whereupon the collective assignments of the attendees to the floor spots operates as a preferred occupant placement chart for the event;
• individualizing a plurality of indicia carriers, each indicia carrier being individualized in that it is inscribed or otherwise formatted to bear the name of an attendee or to bear another piece of individual identifying information about the attendee;
• placing each indicia carrier that has been individualized on or proximate to a respective floor spot which will be occupied by a respective preferred occupant during the event;
• making a determination if there is an additional attendee at the event who has not previously been listed on the validated attendee list or a determination that an attendee already on the initial attendee list has in the meantime decided to no longer attend the event and, in the event that there is an additional attendee or an attendee already on the initial attendee list fails to show up at the event, performing at least one of:
• (1) updating the list of attendees for the event and (2) with respect to at least one individualized indicia carrier currently on or proximate to the original floor spot is:
• (a) removing the at least one individualized indicia carrier, (b) updating the at least one individualized indicia carrier to display a different attendee, or (c) transferring the at least one individualized indicia carrier to the new different floor spot to which the attendee is now assigned.