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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
4 |
Distutils |
2 |
Games |
1 |
Chandler |