[Conferences-discuss] Update: YAPyC 2003 (Washington, DC)
Michael Hudson
mwh@python.net
17 Jul 2002 09:58:27 +0100
Adam Turoff <ziggy@panix.com> writes:
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 08:06:19PM -0400, Greg Ward wrote:
> > On 16 July 2002, Adam Turoff said:
> > > It's a little difficult to solve a multivariate equation when there all
> > > the variables are unknowns. :-)
> >
> > But it looks like you've done a great job so far -- thank you!
>
> I want to emphasize that I punted on some important issues, and
> want to higlight them again:
> - 3-day event
> - 3-4 concurrent tracks
> - 300 people
> - $100/person budget [ballpark]
This all sounds much like EuroPython.
> I'm guessing that this would work for a Python conference. I've
> never been to the Foretec events,
Me neither.
> and I don't know what the expectations would be for a community run
> Python conference.
Well, people seemed happy enough with EuroPython.
> I'm also ignoring some of the more substantive issues: conference
> theme, target audience, target tracks, general scheduling (mid-winter
> seems OK so far), and overall expectations for this event. I really
> don't have a voice for any of these issues, and the best I can do here
> is describe what's been done at four North American YAPC events to date.
Cheap-ish accomodation could be an issue (though given that I would be
coming from Europe, flights are probably going to dominate...).
Cheers,
M.
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