I think it should be April 27 or 28 (one day, 9am-7pm, ~10 20 minutes talks, ~4 1hr talks, discussions + local parties at nighttime)
I suggest we create a web site where people can * volunteer space * volunteer to give a talk (20 mins - 1hr) - demo something they built on web2py - talk about design decisions - talk about features they like/dislike - compare with other frameworks (features, performance, etc) * show interest Talks will be pre-recorded and played during the conference. We will all be connected via IRC and chat so we can ask questions to the speakers and have discussion. It should cost nothing. I can definitively host people in Chicago. I suggest we make a twitter account and an IRC account. We could make a widget to post on blogs that shows tweets from the conference. I think we should take the opportunity to turn this event into a model for distributed conferences. I do not see many organizations do this and we could set an example. Massimo On Wednesday, 5 December 2012 21:18:56 UTC-6, rochacbruno wrote: > > Hello web2pyers, > > During PyCon Brazil I talked to some people from Brasilian community > (@viniciusban and people at X4 agency) about a possible web2py conference > happening here in Brazil. After that I had the opportunity to speak > personally with Massimo about this subject and then he suggested we do a > *global > event*! > > *"Web2py World Conference 2013"* > > *Idea:* > > Between February and April 2013 we will have a world conference to be > held simultaneously in various locations around the world where there is at > least 2+ members of the web2py framework community. > > This conference will be organized by local volunteers and should happen at > a physical location, auditorium, classrooms, public space, coworking or > other place that can house an event. > > The target audience of the conference will be users of other languages and > platforms and people starting up in the world of web development. > > We will have an official website (maybe web2py.com/conference) where the > proposals will be sent to lectures, case studies and tutorials. > > The only requirement is that the event occurs in a pattern of organization > and that *all activities needs to be recorded*! The activities may > optionally be transmitted online, but what we want is to have actually > a*compilation of all the videos to be subtitled in several languages and be > available for all community web2py*. > > *How to help?* > > We need volunteers for the following activities: > > > 1. Be responsible for the organization in your country / city (can be > done in groups) > 2. Provide physical space and basic structure for the event > 3. (Local physical, chairs, projector, microphones etc.) > 4. Capture, burn (stream optionally) the videos of the conference > 5. Put subtitles in videos (post conference) > 6. Advertise in email lists and social networks > 7. Invite other programming communities > 8. Help with sponsorship (for generous people, rich people, facebook > employees and companies) > > > I believe we have a large number of users in places like USA, Argentina, > China, India, Brazil, Portugal and others (put your country here). > > (For Brazil we already have a team and maybe it will be held at São Paulo > or Rio de Janeiro!) > > If you want to collaborate with ideas or taking one of the tasks mentioned > above please join us at the group created to organize this event. > > Group [email protected] <javascript:> - > https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/web2py-world-conference > > > Once we have more information I'll reply here in this list! > > > *Bruno Cezar Rocha** - @rochacbruno* > [email protected] <javascript:> | Mobile: +55 (11) 99210-8821 > www.CursoDePython.com.br | www.rochacbruno.com.br > --
