I vote for April, 28th. I liked the idea to allow people send questions to speakers, but in a country wide approach. Let's remember different timezones.
As I don't see many "normal programmers" using IRC here, in Brazil, I'd suggest a Google Account, ie, [email protected] to allow remote people to stay connected to the event. -- Vinicius Assef On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:36 AM, Massimo Di Pierro <[email protected]> wrote: > 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: >> >> Be responsible for the organization in your country / city (can be done in >> groups) >> Provide physical space and basic structure for the event >> (Local physical, chairs, projector, microphones etc.) >> Capture, burn (stream optionally) the videos of the conference >> Put subtitles in videos (post conference) >> Advertise in email lists and social networks >> Invite other programming communities >> 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] - >> 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] | Mobile: +55 (11) 99210-8821 >> www.CursoDePython.com.br | www.rochacbruno.com.br > > -- > > > --
