Hi Andrew. Firstly, well done on securing tickets - I hope you have a fantastic day (genuinely, not sarcastic).
I hear what you are saying but I must respectfully disagree. Yes, each room requires more management - but the jump from 2 rooms to 3 is bigger than 3 to 4. If the aim is to disseminate knowledge and grow community then these benefits should surely outweigh any management issues. Also, I would suggest that the risk of attendees rushing one session is *reduced* with more rooms. Clearly there was a conscious decision made to exclude a large number of potential attendees, given the staggered approach to ticket sales. I have yet to hear a good reason why that decision was made. Creating scarcity and hype would be fine when selling an exclusive product, but is that really what DDD is about? I have attended for many years and I never thought so. Anyway, enjoy the day and maybe I will see you there next year. On 20 June 2016 at 14:53, Andrew Tobin <and...@grrargh.com> wrote: > It happens. We were lucky to get tickets this year, and it was only > allowing 1 per login - but a few of my team got them. > > The thing is, I can understand the organisers not wanting to grow it > bigger, and even if they had more rooms/more sessions - that would require > more management, and the risk that 100% of the people try to rush one > session that is full. > > The other issue is whether it would ruin the feel of the conference if it > were to grow too big and unmanageable... and I get that view... > > It does say something though that each session sold out within the minute > though and longtime attendees didn't even get a chance. > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Greg Keogh <gfke...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Given how quickly tickets have gone each week, it is obvious that a >>> sizeable proportion of the developer community in Melbourne has missed out. >>> >> >> I also saw these posts and decided to not even bother to try and get a >> ticket. I did plan to email the organisers and suggest they find a venue >> proportional in size to the expected ticket demand to avoid this idiocy. If >> by some fluke tickets do become available without the need for >> embarrassed suffering, then I'd like to get one -- GK >> > >
