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On 01/09/2012 08:31 PM, Jeremy White wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hi All,
If you've been to a technical conference recently that you thought was
well done, what did they do well? Anything we could emulate?
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I've gave you some of this feedback in person at WineConf in France.<br>
<br>
First, as long as it is aimed at Wine hackers, that's who'll show
up. The stagnation in attendance is, therefor, more an indication of
the state of wine hackers than it is of the conference. What I'd
suggest:<br>
<br>
1. Split the days. First day aimed at hackers, second day at users.
Have a better defined schedule for that second day, so people would
have an idea what to expect.<br>
2. For the hacker's day, I expected the "free form" to take on the
form of small working groups. For example, in France, I expected to
have some time where Aric and I could sit on a laptop together and
actually hack BiDi into a better working state. The conference
didn't leave enough room for such an activity.<br>
3. Have the schedule and location ride another conference (similar
to the co-op we did with Samba in Germany). Either that, or schedule
the conference at a place that has a strong local LUG. The
conference at Germany had a great attendance, not only of Samba
hackers, but also of local Linux enthusiasts who took the
opportunity to attend. Having a non-Minnesota US conference might
help, where there is an established LUG that will be interested to
tag along.<br>
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<pre wrap="">Any other ideas, or suggestions?
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On a practical note, I suggested to help organize a conference in
Jerusalem. I had a specific location in mind, which is extremely
close (easy walking distances) to the pubs and restaurants of the
center of the city, and it's a combination of hotel and youth
hostel, so prices can be expected to be cheap(er, at least in
off-season). Israel at large, and Jerusalem in particular, have
established LUGs that will probably contribute a lot of fresh
eyeballs. Let me know if you want me to find out more.<br>
<br>
Shachar<br>
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Shachar Shemesh
Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lingnu.com">http://www.lingnu.com</a>
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