I've gone to this in the past and enjoyed it. The C++Now has a tight-nit community and tends to stick together at CppCon anyway. Having this event helps bind that community together. I see it as a win-win for both CppCon and C++Now.
On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 12:08 AM, Jon Kalb <[email protected]> wrote: > > > *BoostCon Planners*, > > > > tl;dr Would you like to see the Boost Community Dinner at CppCon be held > as a buffet in the Meydenbauer? > > > > When talking about the Boost presence at CppCon, I try to tread lightly > because of my obvious conflict of interests. Boost is a very important part > of the C++ community that CppCon serves and it should have a presence. But > I try to tread this line very careful because of my roles in both > organizations. Boost isn’t even a community sponsor of CppCon. (That may be > because the condition of community sponsorship is to exchange logos and > links on the website and I only recently got a link to C++Now on the > boost.org website. If it is that hard to get boost.org to link to > BoostCon—and without a logo, yet—then how can we have a logo exchange with > CppCon?) > > > > We’ve had a Boost Community Dinner at every CppCon. These were never > official CppCon events. They were planned and organized by CppCon staff, > but no CppCon funds went toward the events. > > > > What we did was announce the event on various Boost/C++Now lists and take > RSVPs. Then we arranged for an event of that size. This has, in general, > not worked out very well. We always get more people to show up than RSVP. > Last year we had so few RSVPs relative to our guarantee, that we kind of > panicked and sent out the word to “bring a friend.” This resulted in a way > too many people and chaos ensued. By the time people paid their checks, it > was about 21:30, meaning that everyone missed the evening session. My bad > on that. > > > > I brought up the issue to our contact at VisitBellevue (who represents the > city’s tourism interest) and this resulted in the Meydenbauer making us an > offer that is more reasonably priced than any previous dining offer. > > > > Here is how it would work. > > · We’ll add a new ticket to EventBrite registration for the Boost > Community Dinner. > > · We’ll promote it on the usually Boost/C++Now mailing lists (and > probably to registered CppCon attendees). > > · It would probably be on Thursday at 18:45. > > · It would probably cost about $40-$45. > > · There would be a cash bar, but soft drinks would probably be > included. > > · We’d have to stop selling tickets about two to three weeks > before the event because we need to let the Meydenbauer know our final > number. > > · It would be at the Meydenbauer so we don’t need to worry about > directions or time and transportation to some other venue. > > · It would be a buffet and paid in advance, so people can leave > to go to evening sessions (starting at 20:30) at any time. > > > > Unlike our previous events, this one would involve CppCon funds because > the conference would collect the funds through Eventbrite and then pay for > the dinner. The goal would be to make the event revenue neutral, but if > soft drinks are offered free, then we can only guess what the cost will be. > > > > Comments? > > > > If you are planning to attend CppCon, does this appeal to you? Do you > think this is good for the Boost/C++Now community? > > > > Jon > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "boostcon-plan" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "boostcon-plan" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
