Wednesday

• More than 5 minutes are needed to switch rooms
• Parallel food lines necessary
• "I'm sick; no place to take a nap"
• A bookstore would be nice
• Lightning talks should have had more publicity
• Label talk locations more clearly
• Stay on schedule
• People talking close to auditoriums; should close the doors
• Ballroom too hot

Gripes: poor audio; flickering projector; rooms too hot; not enough room (not all seats being filled).

Thursday

• Point to papers from pycon.org
• Rate talks: beginners, intermediate, advanced
• Temperatures too warm
• Difficult to read bulletin board for open space; too disorganized
• Print small daily schedules that fit in back of badge holder
• Food: more of: veggie options, water, coffee, cookies

Friday

• Have speakers immediately leave, going to a breakout room where discussions can continue
• Make Open Space available after 5PM
• Possibly have lunch tickets to restaurants downstairs

Summary form

• Dim lights in ballroom
• Have a teenagers track (at reduced cost)
• Have white or black T-shirts, not flesh-coloured
• There were a few calls to ensure that speakers can present well by previewing their talks, or making them practice it.
• Sessions chairs *must* keep on time so talks are in sync
• Blanks on name badges to write interests
• Warn registrants that e-mail address is on badge

Hotel survey

Question as posed: "Assuming you attend next year, would you stay at a hotel with other PyCon attendees if we can coordinate a bulk room discount? Y/N" "If yes, what is your nightly room budget?"

Requested talks

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Summary form

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