For the benefit of those who didn't fly to Sydney for RORO, http://www.slideshare.net/agrimm/railscamp-lousy-tshirt-draft was the NeoOffice slideshow that I gave last night (more or less). Conferences are mentioned on page 11. The talk I gave at Railscamp itself is at http://www.slideshare.net/agrimm/does-railscamp-scale
Andrew On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Ryan Bigg <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]. >> >> 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]. >> > 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]. >> 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. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [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. 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