At this BoF, we'll begin planning for PyCon 2007, and also discuss plans for PyCon in 2008 and the following years.

Who should attend:

• Members of the PyCon planning committee

• Parties interested in hosting PyCon 2008

Time: 4:45PM on Sunday

Location: not yet set; perhaps in the Addison room.

Attendees

• AndrewKuchling (Chair, PyCon 2006, 2007?)

• SteveHolden (Sponsorship Coordinator, PyCon 2006)

Notes

I'd definitely like to see if we can revive our East coast University contacts for 2008. That has the potential to remove many of the commercial pressures, and could be a jolly good venue too! SH

Draft agenda

Total duration of meeting: 60 minutes. (But we can run as long as participants want to.)

• 2007 issues
  • Open discussion of major lessons learned (20 minutes?)
  • Who wants to participate next year?
  • Choosing a date for 2007
  • Keynotes for 2007
    • How many? 1 or 3? Who?
  • Post-conference tasks
    • Conference software
    • Analyzing the feedback
    • Graphic design for 2007
    • Appoint a publicity chief
    • Collaborative document managment (wiki?)

• Bid process for PyCon 2008

  • Who votes on the selection?
  • Open discussion (15 minutes?)

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