[Mono-dev] SPAM-LOW: Re: [Mono-list] Mono summit, options.

[Charlie Poole]

> On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 17:13 -0400, Miguel de Icaza wrote:
> > 	* Limit the presentations to a handful, on key topics.
> 
>    Topics should probably be more task oriented than last 
> time.  So "This is how you embed the mono runtime" instead of 
> "This is how the mono runtime works".  This would be more 
> useful for most users.

Driving content by what people want is really powerful. Driving
it by what they want on the day of the event, even more so.

I've become a big advocate of the Open Space format for this 
reason. Done right, most sessions are proposed and hosted by a 
person who wants to learn something or solve a problem rather 
than by someone with a solution or tutorial to offer.

> > 
> > 	* Organize the rest in an un-conference style, kind of like a 
> > 	  BOF, where we get people together and people get to discuss
> > 	  things.
> 
>     we probably at least need topics for these discussions, 
> so people asking their employers if they can go, have 
> something tangible they say they will be learning.

For Agile Open Northwest (http://agileopennorthwest.org) we sold out 
on the basis of two things: (1) the people who would be there to 
learn from and (2) some general topics that "might be discussed." 
Given the low cost, most people had little trouble getting an OK.

Charlie

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