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Hi,

To learn from RubyConf06, I am assuming the role
of "independent third party" to aggregate comments
about what should

a) stop
b) continue
c) start

for next year's conference. Please try to include
the "why" and bear in mind Kerth's Prime Directive
for retrospectives,

Regardless of what we discover, we must understand
and truly believe that everyone did the best job
s/he could, given what was known at the time, his
or her skills and abilities, the resources available,
and the situation at hand.

*Please send comments offline* to

private.php?do=newpm&u=?subject=RubyConf06

to avoid violating the premises of Surowiekcki's
/The Wisdom of Crowds/, and I'll post a summary,
complete with /anonymized/ individual responses.

Thanks,
--
Bil Kleb
http://fun3d.larc.nasa.gov

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006, Bil Kleb wrote:

> Hi,
>
> To learn from RubyConf06, I am assuming the role
> of "independent third party" to aggregate comments
> about what should
>
> a) stop

meeting in a room which cannot support 250+ network connections.


-a
--
my religion is very simple. my religion is kindness. -- the dalai lama

On 10/24/06, Bil Kleb <> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> b) continue
>

Single track for presentations.

TwP

Bil Kleb wrote:

> *Please send comments offline* to
>
> private.php?do=newpm&u=?subject=RubyConf06
>
> to avoid violating the premises of Surowiekcki's
> /The Wisdom of Crowds/,

Hmmm ... is this on line?

> and I'll post a summary,
> complete with /anonymized/ individual responses.

I prefer to remain nonymized ... see

http://borasky-research.blogspot.com...-fracture.html

P.S.: You know, the Norfolk, Virginia area would be a *wonderful* place
for RubyConf 2007!

M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:

> P.S.: You know, the Norfolk, Virginia area would be a *wonderful* place
> for RubyConf 2007!

Hey! Virginia already had a RubyConf.

Time for New York City, or (to make this actually international) Toronto.


Not that I want to encourage rampant speculation or debate on the next
location.



--
James Britt

"If you don't write it down, it never happened."
- (Unknown)

On 10/24/06, Tim Pease <> wrote:
> On 10/24/06, Bil Kleb <> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > b) continue
> >
>
> Single track for presentations.

+1

Tim Pease wrote:
> On 10/24/06, Bil Kleb <> wrote:
>> b) continue
>
> Single track for presentations.

Thanks, but I'm still waiting on the offlist and "why?"
part of the original request...

Later,
--
Bil Kleb
http://fun3d.larc.nasa.gov

wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Oct 2006, Bil Kleb wrote:
>> a) stop
>
> meeting in a room which cannot support 250+ network connections.

Thanks, but I'm still waiting on the offlist and "why?"
part of the original request...

Later,
--
Bil Kleb
http://fun3d.larc.nasa.gov

James Britt wrote:
> M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
>
>> P.S.: You know, the Norfolk, Virginia area would be a *wonderful* place
>> for RubyConf 2007!
>
> Hey! Virginia already had a RubyConf.
>
> Time for New York City, or (to make this actually international) Toronto.
>
>
> Not that I want to encourage rampant speculation or debate on the next
> location.
>
>
>

Well ... OK ... nominations in the Eastern Time Zone for places that are
*inexpensive* to visit!

1. Norfolk, Virginia
2. Charlotte, North Carolina
3. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
4. ...

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006, Bil Kleb wrote:

> Tim Pease wrote:
>> On 10/24/06, Bil Kleb <> wrote:
>>> b) continue
>>
>> Single track for presentations.
>
> Thanks, but I'm still waiting on the offlist and "why?"
> part of the original request...

i'm for multi-track: it's not a good use of time to do presentations when only
25% of the room is likely to use the information, regardless of how
interesting they might be or how good the speaker might be.

2 cts.

-a
--
my religion is very simple. my religion is kindness. -- the dalai lama