Re: [Europython-improve] time table

2010-02-16 Thread Tim Couper
Guys Pycon appear to be scheduling talks so that lunch is staggered (so participants arrive in 2 waves rather than all together) .. which is sth we tried to do last year by extending the QA time for some sessions - the decision made IIRC during the conference. maybe we should consider the

Re: [Europython-improve] time table

2010-02-16 Thread John Pinner
Hi, On 16 February 2010 09:55, Tim Couper drtimcou...@gmail.com wrote: Guys Pycon appear to be scheduling talks so that lunch is staggered (so participants arrive in 2 waves rather than all together) .. which is sth we tried to do last year by extending the QA time for some sessions - the

Re: [Europython-improve] time table

2010-02-16 Thread Laura Creighton
Last year, at least for the tastie cornish pies, 'the queue was too long' was a problem. Staggering might help. But it has a potential downside -- people who want to meet 'after the morning talks, before lunch' may end up 30 minutes apart, which means that the early arriver will wait, until sure