On 3 February 2011 13:00, Fabio Pliger <[email protected]> wrote: > We also know that changing the conference plot now that after some > announcements have been made is not really pleasant. But if the change is a > substantial improvement it shouldn't be too late yet. > What do you think about all this? Any other proposal or constructive > comments? We are about to decide about this and your opinion is important > for us.
First let me check I understand you. The current published dates are (A): Sun 19 - Mon 20 Training Tue 21 - Fri 24 Main conference Sat 25 - Sun 26 Sprints (2d training + 4d conference + 2d sprints = 8 days) You're proposing one of: (B) Mon 20 - Sun 26 5d conference inc training tracks + 2d sprints = 7 days (C) Mon 20 - Fri 24 5d conference inc training tracks and sprints = 5 days (D) Tue 21 - Sun 26 4d day conference inc training tracks + 2d sprints = 6 days (E) Tue 21 - Fri 24 4d conference inc training tracks and sprints = 4 days The above is not a comment on the proposal, I just want to be explicit so we all understand what we are discussing. I can see the appeal of intermixing training days and the main conference, and I agree with the benefits you list. The thoughts that come to mind are - Trainers would miss maybe 25% of talks they might have come for - If the tutorials are in the latter half then a Python rookie attending Python 101 couldn't enjoy talks on days 1 & 2 as much. If tutorials were still intermixed but tutorials were placed in the first half the same Python rookie could get more out of intermediate talks in the latter half. - During previous EPs and PyConUKs sprints during the main conference have occurred just by people getting together in the hallway. So there are some who would like intermingled sprint track/talks tracks - As someone flying in with my own money fewer hotel nights has a lot of appeal, but that's my selfish POV. Questions - Would intermingled training still be separately charged ? Would trainers still receive a (modest) fee? - Would training sessions run in parallel with plenaries/keynotes (i.e. would trainers/trainees miss the big events)? Undecidedly yrs, Alex -- Alex Willmer <[email protected]> http://moreati.org.uk/blog http://twitter.com/moreati _______________________________________________ Europython-improve mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython-improve
