Ideas for 2013
From Code4Lib
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Code4Lib 2013 ideas
Schedule
- Keep Super Bowl Sunday free
- Avoid snow and bitter cold!
- no breakout reports - many feel they are unnecessary
Social Schedule
- Newcomer welcome on first night?
- Beer party needs a big enough space
- Have a reception in a museum or library, if possible
- Maybe some evening groups for music, shows, etc.
Food
- If you do the preconferences in the main conference space (vs. in spread-out off-site spots), many people will expect breakfast or at least regular coffee/tea/soft-drink breaks throughout the day (so have them?)
- Is it possible to get a hot breakfast with/instead of continental?
- Consider Vegetarians / Vegans
- Decent lunch menu - not taco or spaghetti :-)
- Automated Testing
- Two words: Soft pretzels.
(Note: some attendees really like tacos and/or spaghetti, and think these are excellent lunch choices. YMMV.)
Registration
Use EventBrite--it's worth the admin money for the ease of use, and the reports that can be generated
T-shirts
- Men's and ladies sizes -- can it be done?
- 100% cotton is worth it.
- How about blind submissions to tee shirt vote? I.e., submitter name not associated with submissions during voting.
- How about going blind from some t-shirt submissions? ;-)
Suggestions from dchuds talk
- less complacency from overall committee--less burden on local org committee
- Advisory committee - made up of representatives from past hosts
- Programming committee - don't have voting on talks
- do work in the open
- build on experience from past conferences
- code4lib multicore
- multi-track conference
- support 500 people
- make it more like PyCon
Other ideas
- more regional c4l (but drop the "regional" suffix)
- keep voting on programming!!!
- Name tags should have irc handle as well as name; code{4}lib can be smaller; IRC handle and Name and Institution should be readable at a glance.
- Announce scholarship winners the first day so that folks have a chance to meet them
- microphones for audience
- sign on podium "repeat the question"
- mc tells each presenter how to use the mic effectively
