On Jul 14, 2009, at 1:25 PM, Chris Hostetter 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.
Meetups, to me, thrive on the group discussion, splitting it up just
means the meetup is just another conference session, in my mind.
Plus, I'd hate to have to choose which one to go to.
: > 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)
We capped at 85 (which filled out) and had 60ish show up. Amsterdam
had 60-80, I'd guess and was standing room only. Washington DC had
50-60, I think (that had a limit on attendance, too). For NYC, we are
capping at 100, I believe, due to room capacity. So, 100 seems
appropriate.
