Just a thought here regarding some of the logistical tasks of putting the event together. Namely, talk proposals and attendee registration. I know that most community-run events (by which I mean not underwritten and managed by a company) roll their own registration system. At least one of them, SCALE in Los Angeles, has put its code up for reuse by others: http://code.google.com/p/scalereg/. Ilan Rabinovitch told me a couple of things about it: it's Django, it handles online registration, reporting, and on-site checkin, and it can integrate with Paypal (not that LGM charges, of course, but who knows; it could be useful for the dinner or t-shirts). With LGM '10 a year away, is anybody enough of a Django ninja to take a look at the code and see if they think it could come in handy for next year?
Ilan also mentioned that they are collaborating with the Utah Open Source Conf on Utah's "conman" system that manages speaker proposals. That link is here: http://code.google.com/p/utos-conman/ ... although I'm not clear if they've put it into production yet. The SCALE registration system has run SCALE for several years. Thoughts? Nate -- nathan.p.willis [email protected] flickr.com/photos/willis
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