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)

• DavidGoodger

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: 75 minutes. (But we can run as long as participants want to.)

• 2006 issues
  • Open discussion of major lessons learned (25 minutes?)
  • Thanks to Jeff Rush and the local group
  • Thanks to Evelyn for coordinating the swag.
• 2007 issues
  • Goals for 2007
    • Improve the conference software
    • Clarify our content management (SVN, Wiki, something else?)
  • Who wants to participate next year?
    • Print list of roles
  • Choosing a date for 2007: thoughts?
  • 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?)
• 2008
  • New chair will be needed
  • Decision process for 2008?
    • Bidding process?
    • Location? Can IK talk about his proposed location?
  • Open discussion (15 minutes?)

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