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Revision as of 06:50, 22 October 2013

This FOSS4G Cookbook documents the process, tips, hint and lessons learned by the FOSS4G 2013 local organising committee. It does not attempt to recreate the FOSS4G_Cookbook but should provide some useful pointers for future LOC's

Introduction

Information about the LOC and UK chapter

Concept

What was the aim of the LOC for FOSS4G2013? We were trying to engage with communities that traditionally saw enterprise solutions being the preserve of proprietary software and big contracts. This includes the tie in with AGI.

LOC communication

fortnightly web meetings

Face 2 Face meetings

what worked

what would we have done differently

Venue

General comments

what worked

what didn't work

what would we do differently

WiFi

Gets its own topic? or could be a sub-heading in venues

what worked

what didn't work

what would we do differently

Programme

== General == This covers the call for papers, selecting papers, organising the schedule, dealing with presenters that drop out and how the prog went at the event

selecting papers

keynotes

streams

what worked

what didn't work

what would we do differently

Merchandise

General comments on the FOSS4G branded kit (banners, t-shirts, and the stuff in the delegate packs)

what worked

what didn't work

what would we do differently

Workshops

Everything relating to the workshops,from the call, to sorting out rooms to timetables and ensuring that hardware/software needs were fulfilled

what worked

what didn't work

what would we do differently

Academic track

Everything relating to the academic track, papers, journals, mixing the presenter in and around the main prog and academic bursaries

what worked

what didn't work

what would we do differently

Website

FOSS4G web presence - did it work, what tools did we use and why

what worked

what didn't work

what would we do differently

Entertainment

After-skool fun.

what worked

what didn't work

what would we do differently

Timeline

The timeline from winning the bid to the event starting

August 2012

Sept 2012

During the event

Stuff that went down at the event and how we reacted to things to keep everything on track

what worked

what didn't work

what would we do differently

Parting thoughts