[Mesa-dev] XDC 2019 feedback and comments

[Lucas Stach]

Hi all,

On Di, 2019-10-08 at 17:27 +0200, Samuel Iglesias Gonsálvez wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Once more huge thanks to the entire team from Collabora,
> for their great work organizing XDC 2019!
> 
> As usual we're looking for feedback on both XDC itself, and the CFP
> process and program selection. Both about what was great and should be
> kept for next year's edition, and where there's room for improvement.

Maybe I just missed it, but AFAIR there was no mention at the
conference that the breakfast was an experiment and that the board is
seeking feedback on this. I just now read this in the board meeting
minutes. But that's very much all I can say about the room for
improvement section.

Overall this years XDC was (again!) a great conference. The whole
conference was very well run. Being able to collect the badges on the
pre-conference get-together was nice, as well as the more structured
schedule due to the Indico tool.

As for the breakfast: I think it worked really well to get people to
show up at the conference early and turning developer zombies into real
humans via coffee infusion. ;) I guess people with presentations
scheduled in the first morning slot had some appreciation for this.
Also it added some more time to the hallway track before the busy
schedule of the conference day.
I'm really in favor of continuing this experiment for the next XDC, if
the budget stays in the same ballpark. The expenses for the catering
this year seemed very reasonable from a price/performance PoV.

Regards,
Lucas