Saying that I'd rather not have a track dedicated to a particular technology is not the same thing as saying that I don't want anything to do with that technology. Since SeConf will be a single track conference, the concept of a track dedicated to _anything_ makes no sense. As I said before: watir talks can certainly be submitted for the conference.
Simon On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 3:58 AM, Alister Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > I enjoyed Watir Day immensely this year, Selenium Conference less so. It was > something about the size/intimacy of Watir Day that made it special. > > I remember hearing lots of discussion about how Watir could be more > integrated into SeConf next year at this year's conference. It seems however > that this theme has been lost since then, as when Bret suggested a Watir > track on the SeConf group it was quickly dismissed by Simon Stewart from > Google: > >> "I'd rather avoid having tracks dedicated to a specific API, but we can >> certainly accept watir talks into the main event." > > So, it made me think, there's an inherent risk of not having anything Watir > related on the agenda considering how Selenium heavy the people deciding who > the speakers will be (Jason Huggins et al), and from recollection there were > no watir talks accepted for the main conference this year. > > The benefit of the Selenium Conference 2012 is obviously it is in London, > which is considerably closer to a lot of the key team (Zeljko, Jarmo, Jari > etc.) > > But... > > I attended AWTA is 2009, and it was fantastic. Like Watir Day, but less > Watir specific. Plus I really enjoyed visiting Austin (better climate than > London!) > > I've had some quick discussions with Bret about an AWTA like event early > next year. Bret is keen to showcase Watirmark: Convio's Watir framework. > Here's some of my ideas: > > Open source test automation workshop - not Watir specific - but primarily > focused on Watir/WebDriver > Specification by Example a key theme > ~ 100 attendees > Fairly cheap entry > In Austin > In Feb-March 2012 > Sponsors similar to Watir Day > Interesting varied workshop with hands on demos, presentations, challenges > and competitions > > I am more than happy to help with organization: promotion, ticketing, > website, timeslots, speakers etc. > > The problem I see is if the key Watir folk (Jarmo, Jari, Zeljko) are unable > to attend due to distance/cost. > > Also, SXSW (South by SouthWest) in on March 9-18, so we'd want to avoid that > period as it would be almost impossible to get hotels etc. I imagine. > > Thoughts? > > Cheers, > Alister > > Alister Scott > Brisbane, Australia > Watir Web Master: http://watir.com > Blog: http://watirmelon.com > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alisterscott > > "There are two ways to get enough: One is to continue to accumulate more and > more. The other is to desire less." ~ G. K. Chesterton > > > On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Bret Pettichord <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> It was really great to see so many of you in San Francisco this year. I >> think we need to meet again next year. >> We could meet with the Selenium team again, but this time in London, or we >> could meet here in Austin. Or we could meet some where else. >> What do you think? >> Bret >> >> -- >> Bret Pettichord >> Director, Watir Project, www.watir.com >> >> Blog, www.testingwithvision.com >> Twitter, www.twitter.com/bpettichord >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wtr-development mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development > > > _______________________________________________ > Wtr-development mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development > _______________________________________________ Wtr-development mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development
