Hmm.. Considering the 2 day padding around the main conference, perhaps Mon/Tue unconf, Wed/Thu/Fri conf, Sat/Sun sprints? Sprints could be partially decentralized (and still be successful) if people had to leave town on say Saturday or Sunday to make it back in time for a Monday work day.
Thanks, Troy On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Steve Holden <[email protected]> wrote: > On May 10, 2012, at 3:56 PM, Daniel Ruggeri wrote: > >> On 5/10/2012 7:10 AM, Rich Bowen wrote: >>>> January 28, 29, 30 – M, T, W program $109 >>>> February 4,5,6 – M, T, W program $119 >>>> February 11, 12, 13 – M, T, W program $124 >>>> February 12, 13, 14 – T, W, Th program $121 >>>> February 18, 19, 20 – M, T, W program $127 (but the Monday is >>>> Presidents'Day) >>>> February 26, 27, 28 – T, W, Th program, $127 >>>> >>> Just a personal preference, but i cant make if its 4/5/6 or 18/19/20 >>> >>> I dont think presidents day is a big deal. Its not the big thing that, say, >>> queens day is. >>> >> >> I would avoid President's day since it is, indeed, a public holiday. >> This may discourage some from participating if they are attending the >> conference as part of/on behalf of work. I do agree that it is not a big >> deal, but if we have other options, let's avoid this date. > > > Perhaps I should also raise the question of which days the event would best > be organized on. My informal model has been of a three-day conference > preceded by a two-day unconference (of much smaller size) primarily for > Foundation leadership and committers and followed by a two-day sprint. > > So, if we chose the last option listed the unconference would be on the > Sunday and Monday and the sprints would be Friday and Saturday. If something > else is more appropriate then please let me know. > > regards > Steve > -- > Steve Holden [email protected], Holden Web, LLC http://holdenweb.com/ > Python classes (and much more) through the web http://oreillyschool.com/ > Conferences and technical event management at http://theopenbastion.com/ > Next: Open Django Central Jun 8-9: http://opendjango.com/central/ >
