Where we'll be on Saturday

[Paul W. Frields]

On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 10:38:27AM -0700, Robyn Bergeron wrote:
> On 01/05/2011 09:53 AM, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 09:09:00AM -0700, Clint Savage wrote:
> >>> Things will also get easier if people arrive on time for the session,
> >>> which was a problem in Toronto.  In part that was because people
> >>> weren't familiar with the travel time from the hotel to the venue, and
> >>> it was a pretty substantial amount of time.  The planners have tried
> >>> to improve that situation as well, in three ways: (1) providing a
> >>> welcome packet at hotel check-in with more thorough information and
> >>> expectations; (2) ensuring the travel time is fairly short, and
> >>> doesn't rely on buses (short, ~10 min walk); (3) providing breakfast
> >>> at the venue, as an incentive.
> >>>
> >> One argument I can make here is that whether people show up on time or
> >> not (unless it is the majority as it was in Toronto) the event should
> >> start on time.  It's hard for me to believe that with 2 extra hours
> >> (for most East coasters) of sleep and that transit time is only 5-10
> >> minutes of walking at most, this will actually be an issue.
> > Heh, fair enough.  I'm an early riser myself -- by obligation, not
> > choice -- but I agree a 9:00am start time shouldn't be a problem.
> >
> >> I love the welcome packet idea and think it will definitely help.
> >> Keeping things on-time may mean that a few people miss the beginning
> >> or end, so it might be advantageous to have a true 'Welcome to FUDCon'
> >> presentation at 9am, then get right into the session pitches.
> >> Something where someone gets up and does a nice talk about how FUDCon
> >> works, with bits of humor and other goodies.  It goes over really well
> >> at Ignite[1] events to help the flow of the rest of the conference.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Clint
> >>
> >> 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srk_buMw4ck&feature=channel_page
> > Nice idea!  I wonder if we'd like to have a non-FPL community person
> > do this, to emphasize the collaborative nature of the event?
> I will totally volunteer for that. ;) Though I haven't actually been to 
> a FUDCon, so me talking about how fudcon works might be slightly 
> disastrous ;)

I understand completely!  I was thinking it might be cool to have this
done by a non-FPL contributor, though.  Any suggestions or volunteers?

> A question in line with these logistics: We are planning on having 
> breakfast available on Saturday and Sunday. What time do we want to do 
> that? And where will we be doing those things? If we're kicking off at 
> 9:00am, do we want to have breakfast available starting around 8:30 or 
> so so that people can grab their grub and then sit down to get started?

8:30 sounds perfect to me.

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