[python-advocacy] Conference white paper

[A.M. Kuchling]

I've volunteered to write the "How to Start and Run a Successful
Python Conference" whitepaper, and need to clarify the audience for it.

What sort of events should the paper be discussing (in terms of length
and # of attendees)?  A 10-person sprint?  A 30-person half-day series
of talks?  A 100-person weekend event?  A PyCon-sized event?

I doubt many people will set out to run PyCon-sized events, and
there's a lot of ground to cover for something of that scale.  A
smaller event seems more likely, something like a day-long one-track
series of talks, perhaps accompanied by a sprint the next day.  Does
that seem reasonable?

Should I assume that events will be run with very little funding?

--amk