I am interested in attending this, and maybe even helping out. As Pat suggested, it's going to be a much different beast to organising a Railscamp.
It'd be great to finally have a conference-sized event down in Australia even just to try it out to see what it's like. On 9 June 2010 11:47, Luke Chadwick <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Pat, Ben, > Thanks for your input. I'm at least abstractly aware of what I'm > signing up for, and have had a hand in organizing large 1000+ people > church events before. > > I do feel that we should have a mix of both respected International > Speakers and Local Speakers, and that it should be an event not to be > missed. > > After I get this expression of interest, I will move forward with > organizing a team of people, and more importantly getting a feel for > exactly who/what/when/howmuch people are interested in. > > This is more just a 'Do you want me to bother starting to organize > that level of event' > > Regards, > > Luke > > On 9 June 2010 11:28, Pat Allan <[email protected]> wrote: > > As Ben's pointed out, this isn't the first time the topic has been > raised... I'm often quite vocal about it, so apologies to those who've heard > me go on about this before, but here's a few things to consider: > > > > * Putting on a Rails Camp is a lot of work. Putting on a conference is a > level beyond that. Who is going to pay for your time? I definitely think > whoever runs the conference (and don't try and do it yourself - you need a > small team!) should be paid at least something for putting it together, but > conferences are also most certainly not money-making ventures. > > > > * Speaking of Rails Camps - we have two of these each year. Granted, > they're a little different, and not everyone's cup of tea, but I think it's > still worth asking: why do we need a conference? I'm not saying we > definitely don't need one, but just want to get the thinking laid out. > > > > * Many regional conferences are quite informal affairs - something I feel > Rails Camps cover quite neatly. So, if a conference was to happen, I think > it should be a grand and special event - more like a FutureRuby or > NordicRuby than a RailsConf. Great food, catered parties, quality speakers. > Especially if we want to attract overseas speakers and attendees. This is > not the cheap path, though. > > > > For what it's worth, I've gotten to several conferences over the last few > years, and FutureRuby was far and away the best one. Happy to expand further > on why if anyone's truly interested. > > > > * There are a lot of Ruby and Rails conferences around the world already. > Europe had four in May! Yes, we are pretty remote, so most of us don't get > to these conferences often (or at all), but the same will apply for those > outside of Australia who we'd like to have come along to our conference. > > > > * The previous point is important because a good part of the Australian > Ruby community see each other regularly as it is, via monthly meets and > Rails Camps. We've got a pretty amazing community here, and I want to share > that with the world - but it's not going to be easy. > > > > > > I don't want to put an end to these discussions, because I think there's > great potential for an amazing event, and I'd love to help out, but I'm also > wary that with regular Rails Camps, we've got community events kinda covered > already, and want to make sure there's a need. And, should this happen, I > just think the target from the start should be to run something a cut above > normal. Hell, a cut above great. > > > > -- > > Pat > > e: [email protected] || m: +614 1327 3337 > > w: http://freelancing-gods.com || t: twitter.com/pat > > bounce: http://trampolineday.com || skype: patallan > > > > On 09/06/2010, at 10:48 AM, Luke Chadwick wrote: > > > >> Hey Everyone, > >> I discovered, in a discussion last night at the Sydney Meetup, > >> that there has never been a Ruby/Rails Conference in Australia. I find > >> this to be sad, and want to rectify the situation. > >> > >> I am happy to take a hand in starting to organize an event if there is > >> interest in actually seeing it happen. > >> > >> To get the ball rolling, can I get a show of hands who would attend a > >> RubyConf in Sydney? > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Luke > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<rails-oceania%[email protected]> > . > >> For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > >> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<rails-oceania%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<rails-oceania%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > > -- Ryan Bigg / Radar -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. 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