I would do a performance talk - I'll be there anyway. I just hadn't seen my name on the wiki.
- Mark On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Chris Hostetter <[email protected]>wrote: > > : > * 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 > > -- -- - Mark http://www.lucidimagination.com
