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diff --git a/2018/osmodevcon2018-osmocon_outlook/osmodevcon2018-osmocon_outlook.adoc b/2018/osmodevcon2018-osmocon_outlook/osmodevcon2018-osmocon_outlook.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1d6d385 --- /dev/null +++ b/2018/osmodevcon2018-osmocon_outlook/osmodevcon2018-osmocon_outlook.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +OsmoCon 2017 Outlook +==================== +:author: Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org> +:copyright: 2018 by Harald Welte (License: CC-BY-SA) +:backend: slidy +:max-width: 45em + +== OsmoCon 2017 Preparation + +* Planning started in October +** http://lists.osmocom.org/pipermail/openbsc/2017-October/011332.html +* Schedule planning in December, with little particiopation +** http://osmocom.org/issues/1887 +* event announcement too late (Feb 01) +* travel grant funding arrived way too late (March 27) +* 14 days ahead of the event we were about to cancel +** almost no registrations until that point +* talk submissions came in way after schedule was full + +== OsmoCon 2017 Experience + +* venue was full, actually overbooked +* talks were good +* recordings were excellent +* strong sysmocom presence, but some diversity +** Fairwaves, Facebook, On-Waves, Rhizomatica + + +== OsmoCon 2017 Feedback + +Attendees informed us + +* one day is too short +* very uni-directional, not much interaction +* schedule too full +** consequence of talk submissions too late +** consequence of only one day + +== OsmoCon 2017 Retrospective + +* I didn't like the venue too much +** hard to get air into the room +** to crowded with no separate room during breaks +** non-functional WiFi +** no-frills, 1990ies FOSS community feeling may not appeal to everyone +* OsmoCon + OsmoDevCon back-to-back +** is lots of stress +** leaves no time to meet up with OsmoCon attendees one day aftewards +** caused OsmoDevCon to be one day shorter + +== OsmoCon 2017 Changes + +* larger venue +* not a youth hostel but a real hotel +* two days instead of one +* not together with OsmoDevCon but 6 months later +* early-biard pricing should make people order tickets sooner +* formal CfP process with submission deadline, ... + +== EOF + +End of File |