1. We will have events in both London and Austin. I plan to participate in both.
2. I've talked to several local folks about it and with that and Alister's support, I think we will make a really great event in Austin. More details on that soon. 3. I would like to hear from the Watir Team in Europe regarding what you would like to see happen in London. Charley and Alister played key roles in the San Francisco Watir Day and we'd need similar volunteers this time. Bret On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Alister Scott <alister.sc...@gmail.com>wrote: > Simon: what's the reasoning behind a single track conference? > SeConf this year was multi track (although the second track schedule > was only organized at the conference), so didn't this work? > Won't there be too much variety to keep everyone interested in a single > track? > > Cheers, > > Alister Scott > Brisbane, Australia > > On 23/10/2011, at 11:48 AM, Simon Stewart <simon.m.stew...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Saying that I'd rather not have a track dedicated to a particular > > technology is not the same thing as saying that I don't want anything > > to do with that technology. Since SeConf will be a single track > > conference, the concept of a track dedicated to _anything_ makes no > > sense. As I said before: watir talks can certainly be submitted for > > the conference. > > > > Simon > > > > On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 3:58 AM, Alister Scott <alister.sc...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I enjoyed Watir Day immensely this year, Selenium Conference less so. It > was > >> something about the size/intimacy of Watir Day that made it special. > >> > >> I remember hearing lots of discussion about how Watir could be more > >> integrated into SeConf next year at this year's conference. It seems > however > >> that this theme has been lost since then, as when Bret suggested a Watir > >> track on the SeConf group it was quickly dismissed by Simon Stewart from > >> Google: > >> > >>> "I'd rather avoid having tracks dedicated to a specific API, but we can > >>> certainly accept watir talks into the main event." > >> > >> So, it made me think, there's an inherent risk of not having anything > Watir > >> related on the agenda considering how Selenium heavy the people deciding > who > >> the speakers will be (Jason Huggins et al), and from recollection there > were > >> no watir talks accepted for the main conference this year. > >> > >> The benefit of the Selenium Conference 2012 is obviously it is in > London, > >> which is considerably closer to a lot of the key team (Zeljko, Jarmo, > Jari > >> etc.) > >> > >> But... > >> > >> I attended AWTA is 2009, and it was fantastic. Like Watir Day, but less > >> Watir specific. Plus I really enjoyed visiting Austin (better climate > than > >> London!) > >> > >> I've had some quick discussions with Bret about an AWTA like event early > >> next year. Bret is keen to showcase Watirmark: Convio's Watir framework. > >> Here's some of my ideas: > >> > >> Open source test automation workshop - not Watir specific - but > primarily > >> focused on Watir/WebDriver > >> Specification by Example a key theme > >> ~ 100 attendees > >> Fairly cheap entry > >> In Austin > >> In Feb-March 2012 > >> Sponsors similar to Watir Day > >> Interesting varied workshop with hands on demos, presentations, > challenges > >> and competitions > >> > >> I am more than happy to help with organization: promotion, ticketing, > >> website, timeslots, speakers etc. > >> > >> The problem I see is if the key Watir folk (Jarmo, Jari, Zeljko) are > unable > >> to attend due to distance/cost. > >> > >> Also, SXSW (South by SouthWest) in on March 9-18, so we'd want to avoid > that > >> period as it would be almost impossible to get hotels etc. I imagine. > >> > >> Thoughts? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Alister > >> > >> Alister Scott > >> Brisbane, Australia > >> Watir Web Master: http://watir.com > >> Blog: http://watirmelon.com > >> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alisterscott > >> > >> "There are two ways to get enough: One is to continue to accumulate more > and > >> more. The other is to desire less." ~ G. K. Chesterton > >> > >> > >> On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Bret Pettichord <b...@pettichord.com> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> It was really great to see so many of you in San Francisco this year. I > >>> think we need to meet again next year. > >>> We could meet with the Selenium team again, but this time in London, or > we > >>> could meet here in Austin. Or we could meet some where else. > >>> What do you think? > >>> Bret > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Bret Pettichord > >>> Director, Watir Project, www.watir.com > >>> > >>> Blog, www.testingwithvision.com > >>> Twitter, www.twitter.com/bpettichord > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Wtr-development mailing list > >>> Wtr-development@rubyforge.org > >>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wtr-development mailing list > >> Wtr-development@rubyforge.org > >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wtr-development mailing list > > Wtr-development@rubyforge.org > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development > _______________________________________________ > Wtr-development mailing list > Wtr-development@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development > -- Bret Pettichord Director, Watir Project, www.watir.com Blog, www.testingwithvision.com Twitter, www.twitter.com/bpettichord
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