: > * The meetup schedule seems pretty heavy with four 30 min : > presentations. I'd either squeeze them to 15 minutes each or split : > them to two parallel tracks (we can get two smaller rooms for the : > meetup) to leave more time for lightning talks and general discussion. : : 15-20 minutes is fine, I was just following a model that has worked for other : Lucene meetups, but I guess those were capped around 20 minutes. Since the : topics are a bit more involved, I wanted to make sure the speakers had time. : : -1 on parallel tracks.
parallel talks doesn't seem like a bad idea to me ... especially if there are enough rooms available. it's also the kind of thing that could be played by ear ... if fewer people come then we expect, we can all stay in one room, keep the talks short and more casual; if twice as many people come as we expect and the room is really crowded, we can split up and half of us can go "next door", the talks can be a little longer (more time for questions/discussion) and then we have more room for smll discussions to form during the "socializing" part of the evening. : > I've reserved meetup space for us for Tuesday evening. Based on ACEU I : > gave a rough estimate of up to a hundred people attending. : : That's likely about right. Anything more and it takes away from the setting, : I think. Grant: what was the number of people who signed up for the SF Meetup Lucid sponsored a few months ago? I would guess at least twice as many people will come to this one (you've got all of the Local hardcore Solr/Lucene people, plus all the people flying in for ApacheCon, plus all the Local people who aren't that hardcore but figure they might as well check it out since so many people are in from out of town for ApacheCon) -Hoss
