OsmoCon 2017 Preparation
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Planning started in October
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Schedule planning in December, with little particiopation
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event announcement too late (Feb 01)
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travel grant funding arrived way too late (March 27)
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14 days ahead of the event we were about to cancel
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almost no registrations until that point
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talk submissions came in way after schedule was full
OsmoCon 2017 Experience
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venue was full, actually overbooked
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talks were good
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recordings were excellent
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strong sysmocom presence, but some diversity
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Fairwaves, Facebook, On-Waves, Rhizomatica
OsmoCon 2017 Feedback
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one day is too short
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very uni-directional, not much interaction
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schedule too full
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consequence of talk submissions too late
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consequence of only one day
OsmoCon 2017 Retrospective
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I didn’t like the venue too much
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hard to get air into the room
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to crowded with no separate room during breaks
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non-functional WiFi
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no-frills, 1990ies FOSS community feeling may not appeal to everyone
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OsmoCon + OsmoDevCon back-to-back
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is lots of stress
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leaves no time to meet up with OsmoCon attendees one day aftewards
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caused OsmoDevCon to be one day shorter
OsmoCon 2018 Changes
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larger venue
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not a youth hostel but a real hotel
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two days instead of one
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not together with OsmoDevCon but 6 months later
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early-biard pricing should make people order tickets sooner
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formal CfP process with submission deadline, …