[eclipse.org-eclipsecon-program-committee] Congratulations, and a few de

[David M Williams <david_williams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Doug. and fellow Program Committee members,


Congratulations on yet another great
EclipseCon. It already seems too far in the past. :) 

I thought I'd list here some of the
feed back I heard after EclipseCon, from probing WTP developers ... mostly
as presenters, but partially as attendees
just so we (or, future Program Committee)
can better remember next year. I know for myself, I'll probably forget
I even wrote it here ... but, maybe someone will remember. I'd be interested
in hearing if there's any other overall general thoughts to conclude this
years Program Committee? Any other feedback on Webtools category, for example.

• Fee-less tutorials was a great idea and helped improve attendance .... and, the attendees were still interested and engaged (not just lurking "because it's free").
  
• Absolutely should have power strips for attendees for all tutorials.
  
• The plus or minus evaluation system was good.
  
• Invited guests (as whole) were not as good as last year's (informal impression, as a whole).
  
• hack-a-thon -- did anyone attend?-- perhaps not well publicized?
  
• The USB key with Ganymede level of code and pre-reqs and having the tutorial materials there helped greatly ... at least, for the tutorials :)  Few tutorial attendees came "all set up", but when they each had a USB key, they could get going quickly.  Suggested to have more and easier (and, quicker?) replication ports available next year.

Webtools category specific feedback:

• Webtools uncovered: good attendance. no minus ones.
  
• Webtools adopted: not as heavily attended as in the past (could/should consolidate next year, have less time allotted to "extending" WTP). Seems to confirm the perception that perhaps the audience at EclipseCon is changing ... more users, than adopters (or, maybe just so many adopters, that many of them are also users :)
  
  
  

Thanks again!