#acl All:read = Wednesday = * More than 5 minutes are needed to switch rooms * Parallel food lines necessary * "I'm sick; no place to take a nap" * A bookstore would be nice * Lightning talks should have had more publicity * Label talk locations more clearly * Stay on schedule * People talking close to auditoriums; should close the doors * Ballroom too hot Gripes: poor audio; flickering projector; rooms too hot; not enough room (not all seats being filled). = Thursday = * Point to papers from pycon.org * Rate talks: beginners, intermediate, advanced * Temperatures too warm * Difficult to read bulletin board for open space; too disorganized * Print small daily schedules that fit in back of badge holder * Food: more of: veggie options, water, coffee, cookies = Friday = * Have speakers immediately leave, going to a breakout room where discussions can continue * Make Open Space available after 5PM * Possibly have lunch tickets to restaurants downstairs = Summary form = * Dim lights in ballroom * Have a teenagers track (at reduced cost) * Have white or black T-shirts, not flesh-coloured * There were a few calls to ensure that speakers can present well by previewing their talks, or making them practice it. * Sessions chairs *must* keep on time so talks are in sync * Blanks on name badges to write interests * Warn registrants that e-mail address is on badge = Hotel survey = Question as posed: "Assuming you attend next year, would you stay at a hotel with other PyCon attendees if we can coordinate a bulk room discount? Y/N" "If yes, what is your nightly room budget?" || Choice || Votes || % || || No || 32 || 33% || || $70/night || 27 || 28% || || $95/night || 18 || 19% || || $125/night || 10 || 10% || || $150/night || 9 || 9% || = Requested talks = == Wednesday == || 22 || Web || || 21 || Python Implementations/Development (PyPy, CPython, Jython) || || 14 || Optimizations (Psyco, Starkiller) || || 12 || Math/Science || || 9 || Applications || || 9 || Twisted || || 7 || Crypto || || 7 || Basic tutorials || || 6 || IronPython || || 6 || VoIP || || 5 || GUI || || 3 || Wrapper generators (SWIG, etc) || || 3 || Databases || || 2 || OO programming || || 2 || Pyrex || || 2 || Game programming || || 1 || Komodo || || 1 || Unicode || || 1 || Programming methodology (XP, etc.) || || 1 || Python and COM/XPCOM || || 1 || Advocacy || == Thursday == || 17 || Graphics/GUI || || 15 || Web || || 15 || C Extensions || || 13 || Tutorials || || 12 || Testing/XP/Software development || || 4 || Education || || 4 || Databases || || 3 || Applications || || 3 || Jython/IronPython || || 2 || Twisted || || 1 || Games || || 1 || Python Development || == Friday == || 7 || Education || || 6 || Web || || 4 || Distutils || || 3 || MacPython || || 3 || Tutorials || || 3 || Applications || || 2 || Twisted || || 2 || Python internals || || 1 || Audio || || 1 || Aspect-oriented programming || || 1 || GUI || == Summary form == || 28 || Tutorials || || 26 || Web || || 25 || GUI/graphics || || 14 || Math/science || || 12 || Twisted || || 12 || Python Development || || 11 || C extensions || || 10 || Testing/XP || || 10 || Stackless/PyPy || || 9 || Applications || || 5 || Education || || 5 || Databases || || 4 || Performance || || 4 || MacPython || || 4 || Distutils || || 2 || Games || || 1 || Chandler || ---- CategoryPyCon