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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