On 16 Mrz., 21:52, Bruce Eckel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 16, 2:48 pm, Pete Forde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My friends and I decided to stage a grassroots Ruby conference this > > summer; it will have no paid sponsors for exactly this reason. We're > > trying to change up the typical format as well: it's a single-track > > event, no "keynotes", no schills for well-heeled interests. We're even > > organizing activities for significant others traveling with conference > > attendees so that everyone has a good time. > > > The response we've gotten to this approach has been curious; many > > people totally get why these things are important, and the speaker > > list reflects this. However, we've also had a lot of complaints that > > our event is too expensive. In fact, they say that it should be free, > > like a BarCamp. Just get a bunch of sponsors, and that will be the > > ticket. We say bollocks to that. > > >http://rubyfringe.com/ > > I've been running open spaces conferences for the past few years and I > would suggest you do that instead of an "eyes-forward" conference. > It's not only a lot easier, but it's also a lot more fun. For example, > last week we did the Java Posse Roundup, which is all open-spaces.
Since the rubyfringe seems to make also a commitment against the Ruby mainstream I'm not sure how Open Spaces can help? Self organization is always an aid for those who are already strong, maintain popular projects ( Rails, Django... anyone? ) and keep lots of attention. I certainly wouldn't attend to an Open Space conference if I intended to make my development and findings public. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
