| Re: [eclipsecon-na-program-committee] Agenda and plan for the next week |
| Hi all, We'd also like to talk more about the Monday small-interest-group dinner idea that Shawn proposed. If you need a refresher, it's below in bold. Anne Jacko Eclipse Foundation 503-784-3788 (cell) Do people agree having BOFs starting right after the sessions is the right thing to do? Yes. Especially if the booth crawl receptions after the sessions before the BoFs has some drinks and light snacks available (I think this was the case in Boston?). Folks might stick around another hour for an interesting BoF if they can get a drink and a few crackers, then go to dinner. Regarding dinner BoFs after a normal BoF, its probably a nightmare to organize tables at restaurants. But it might be interesting to offer some sort of dinner match up roulette. Setup semi-randomly parties of 4-6 folks interested in a common topic for dinner. Its not really a BoF, its a pre-organized lunch table, at dinner. Perhaps a simple web application that lets people indicate two things: - a style of food; - an Eclipse-y topic of discussion; the app emails folks before the reception introducing the 4-6 attendees and giving a restaurant recommendation complete with directions from the conference and contact information and nominates a coordinator. The coordinator can try to get a reservation for the (small) group, group goes to dinner, enjoys conversation and food. On Oct 16, 2013, at 5:01 PM, Ian Bull wrote:
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