The future of WineConf

[Jeff Hanson]

I vote for Toronto but I like the other places suggested also.

My problem with the A/V was not being able to hear across the room.

The loudspeaker needed to be farther back.  It was partially blocked by a
pillar.

When I was doing my presentation I could barely hear anyone in the back.  A
microphone needs to be used by anyone asking questions.  In some
conferences there is a microphone handler who takes it to any attendee who
is speaking.

On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 9:59 AM, Henri Verbeet <hverbeet at gmail.com> wrote:

> We touched on this during WineConf a little already, but were slightly
> short on time. With most people back from travel and the videos
> starting to get published, now seems like a good time to continue that
> conversation.
>
> Key points from the previous conversation:
>
>   - We have several offers for hosting WineConf 2019. In no particular
> order:
>     - Kiev, Ukraine, by Arthur Hil
>     - Bali, Indonesia, by Aric Stewart
>     - Vilnius, Lithuania, by Ričardas Barkauskas
>     - Japan, by Alexandre Julliard
>     - Toronto, Canada, by Ulrich Czekalla
>     - Minnesota, United States of America, by Jeremy White
>     - Austin, Texas, United States of America, by Austin English
>
>   Most of those are longer standing ones; Kiev, Bali and Japan are new
> this year. There's an argument for holding WineConf somewhere other
> than Europe and the United States after 16 years, although travel
> costs are also a consideration. Another fact worth pointing out in
> this context is that September 12, 2019 would be the 25th anniversary
> of Alexandre's maintainership of Wine.
>
>   - The time of year this time seems to have been generally well-received.
>
>   - Samathy proposed having a Code of Conduct for the conference.
> While, to my knowledge, there has never been an instance where one
> would have been needed, and hopefully that will continue to be the
> case in the future, it seems prudent to me to have one.
>
>   - The CFP could have been more formal/explicit.
>
>   - General discussion slots are still considered useful. We'd like to
> preserve those.
>
> Other points I'd like to bring up:
>
>   - What did people think of the A/V recording? Was that a good thing,
> and something we should continue to keep improving? Or is the
> consensus that it's intrusive and not worth bothering with?
>
>   - I think there was a sentiment, at least with some people, that 2-3
> days was fairly short and we weren't quite done discussing things yet.
> Would it perhaps make sense to extend the conference by a day in the
> future an include e.g. Monday as well?
>
>   - Should we put more effort into attracting external (e.g., from the
> broader Free Software community, and people/organisations using Wine)
> speakers?
>
> We'd like to hear your feedback on these points, as well as your
> general feedback about which things you liked and would like to keep
> seeing in the future, and which things you disliked. If there's any
> feedback you'd rather not give in public, you can of course always
> simply send me a private e-mail as well.
>
> Henri
>
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