Alright, this sounds good to me. Bret
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Charley Baker <charley.ba...@gmail.com>wrote: > I'd rather open the Watir day into tracks, and invite speakers. The > development is going to go on concurrently, and open spaces are a > great place to talk about that. > > The opportunity here, in my mind, is to attract people who having been > using Watir for a long time, and actually need speaking experience as > well as "outing" themselves. That helps us understand the community > more, push for facetime on some people we don't know, but need some > exposure. We can chat a bit more about it, but I'd love to give people > the spotlight for a bit. > > As I said previously, I'm hoping that it's one big love fest. :) While > it's fun to poke at each other, I really do see us as one big team > solving the same issue. Where we plan for it doesn't matter that much > to me. I'd like to see an open conf/Watir day with a CFP and then some > plans for open spaces and lightning talks. > > The hallway track and open spaces may be more interesting for some, > but don't discount the talks. > > -Charley > > > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 11:12 PM, Bret Pettichord <b...@pettichord.com> > wrote: > > My thought is that the Watir day would focus on the needs of the Watir > > development team. > > > > 1. Start by reviewing current status and recent releases. Get everybody > in > > sync. > > 2. Discuss directions, needs, objectives. > > 3. Agree on a plan. > > > > We might also add some testimonials about how different > people/organizations > > are using Watir in order to clarify our situations and constraints. > > > > I guess the first decision we need to make is where to organize the Watir > > day in more detail. Here (seconf google group) or the Watir Dev list? > > > > Bret > > > > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Charley Baker <charley.ba...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> I would love to have "synergy" between Selenium and Watir, and a lot > >> of that is already happening with the web-driver bindings and cross > >> communication. One of my standard slides is the comparison between > >> Selenium and Watir, followed up with the next slide where I say in > >> essence that we're definitely both in the same camp, solving the same > >> problems and grappling with the same questions. > >> > >> One of the big advantages to tacking on a Watir day is that we do get > >> to hang out, talk, code together and get people using one or the other > >> tool in the same space. And a big thanks for setting this up in the > >> first place. We need to figure out what's going on with the Watir day, > >> logistics, talks, etc. I would love to have help from you, Simon, > >> Patrick, etc who wants to be involved. It's all part of the same > >> conference in my mind, not two separate cabals. :) > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Charley > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Jason Huggins <ja...@jrandolph.com> > wrote: > >> > I'm overdue for asking this question: but how much/little do the Watir > >> > folks want to be mentioned on the SeleniumConf website? I haven't done > >> > much of anything on this topic for the lack of asking that question. > >> > :-/ > >> > > >> > - Jason > >> > > >> > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Charley Baker < > charley.ba...@gmail.com> > >> > wrote: > >> >> Yep, the space is reserved, speaker invites for SeConf have been sent > >> >> out, now we need to spend some time and organize Watir day. I'm also > >> >> assuming/hoping many of the Watir people will be attending SeConf - > >> >> cross-pollination is a good thing. :) > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Charley Baker > >> >> Lead Developer, Watir, http://watir.com > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Željko Filipin > >> >> <zeljko.fili...@wa-research.ch> wrote: > >> >>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Ashley Wilson <ash...@saucelabs.com > > > >> >>> wrote: > >> >>>> The day is free - shall we confirm? > >> >>> > >> >>> Is Watir day confirmed for April 3rd? > >> >>> > >> >>> Željko > >> >>> -- > >> >>> watir.com - community manager > >> >>> watirpodcast.com - host > >> >>> testingpodcast.com - audio podcasts on software testing. all of > them > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >> > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > Bret Pettichord > > Director, Watir Project, www.watir.com > > > > Blog, www.testingwithvision.com > > Twitter, www.twitter.com/bpettichord > > > > > -- Bret Pettichord Director, Watir Project, www.watir.com Blog, www.testingwithvision.com Twitter, www.twitter.com/bpettichord
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