Drupaldelphia Debrief

At the meetup last night we had a quick debrief where we brain-stormed ideas for improvements. Here are the notes:

1. survey
   • send survey monkey/webform.com
   • rate the location (1-5)
   • if we had a code sprint, would you go?
   • if we had a training day, would you go?
   • was the conference as a whole technical/just right/not technical enough for you?
   • best part of the event and worst parts of the event
   • would you go again/recommend us
   • have you attended an event like this before (technical event)
   • would you prefer for this event to be on a weekend (thurs/fri, fri/sat, sat/sun)
   • what season would you prefer to attend drupaldelphia
   • how did you hear about us?
   • what would you hope for next years conference?
   • data we should mine
   • are you a site builder
   • mine the zip codes?
   • email people - if you registered and didn't show why?
2. time of year
   • summer?
   • pro schools/price
   • con same time as other cons
3. venue
   • friends meeting house (4th and arch?)
   • worth looking at Wharton (hosts barcamp)
   • Temple is half as expensive
   • Check with Drexel
   • U Arts
   • Pierce College
4. budget
5. sessions
   • workshops (2-3 hours training like events)
   • bridal registry for "wanted sessions", keep them loose ask people to fill in details
   • lightning talks
   • evaluator track
   • advanced track
   • trainings the day before?
6. keynote
7. process
   • start earlier
   • post sessions earlier
   • set leads for:
   • project as a whole (volunteer coordinator)
   • coordinating sponsors
   • sessions
   • venue
   • finance
   • registration
   • web site
   • promotions/print
   • after party
8. after party
   • one thing that was (almost) successful
   • make it accessible
9. number of events per year
   • no.
   • potentially a business summit
10. big changes
    • co-locate with other camps?
    • have a big multi-platform session in
11. Timeline
12. Project ownership
    • Kevin from Context to be the point person