OsmoCon 2018 Outlook
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:author:	Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
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== 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 2018 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

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