Venue wise I have no idea, Some sort of name/theme for the event would be good.
Maybe see if Ruby Ireland are interested in teaming up for it? Things went well with them last time. Sean > Hi all, > > > Mick and I attended the "Unconference Panel" ( > http://www.europython.eu/talks/talk_abstracts/index.html#talk112) at > Europython, and we think we should have one in July instead of a planned > talk (sorry, Rory). > > Thing is, we will need a venue that is quiet and even have a few rooms. > It's > like openspaces (if you attended previous Python conferences, you know > what > I mean), or in other words, unplanned discussions (Rory, maybe you can > talk > about it here instead, no slides necessary). > > Another thing is the use of a whiteboard, or big sheets of white paper > that > has a grid, and some post-it notes. > How this works, a time is allocated for each grid, someone might want to > have a discussion/chat about something and write it on the post-it note > and > place it in the time slot. No slides are needed, no projector required > either. > > This might sound crazy, but it seems to be quite popular and it does work. > This would also give a chance for groups of people to discuss something > they > are really interested in, and it doesn't matter how big or small the > groups > are either. > > Also, this might give Mick and I an idea on how events like this turns > out, > as we are intending to submit Dublin as a venue for EuroPython in > 2011/2012. > This also really depends on how many people are committed to volunteer to > help. > > Cheers, > > > /// Vicky > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~ http://irishbornchinese.com ~~ > ~~ http://www.python.ie ~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Ireland" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.ie/group/pythonireland?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
