[Mesa-dev] XDC 2019 feedback and comments

[Robert Foss]

On Wed, Oct 9, 2019, 19:38 Lucas Stach <l.stach at pengutronix.de> wrote:

> 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.
>

I would like to second Lucas' opinion, it was a good addition and if the
budget allows for it I would hope it continues.


> Regards,
> Lucas
>
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