On 11:20 Tue 02 Oct , Jeff Osier-Mixon wrote: > > Getting back to some ideas for building communities at conferences, > > one idea I had was to designate areas of the venue for specific topic > > areas (throughout the event). Basically, it would be like a themed > > hallway track. For example, there might be a specific couch or lounge > > designated for people interested in boot time. That would be a place to > > drop by and check out every once in a while, and listen to conversations > > and meet people with similar interests. BOFs are good for getting groups > > together, but many people are more comfortable with conversations one-on-one > > or in small groups. > > I think this is a very good idea. They did this at OSCON at lunch > tables. The venue uses large tables that seat 10-12 people, and for > each table or group of tables they put up signs saying things like > "Python Geeks" or "Managers" or "Kernel Hackers" etc. It was very > successful in bringing people together who knew they had at least one > thing in common. At a focused conference like ELC/ELCE we could create > very specific areas for discussion. I like it a lot too it will more intresting than the training course specially if you can bring hackers that people can come to discuss with
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