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==Brain Storming==
 
==Brain Storming==
 
===Correlating Factors===
 
===Correlating Factors===
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*Economic Crisis
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====By Country====
 
====By Country====
 
*Population
 
*Population
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**GDP as proxy
 
**GDP as proxy
 
*Distance
 
*Distance
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**Local vs. Distant
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**What is "local"?
 
*Number of Code Contributors
 
*Number of Code Contributors
 
**Which projects?
 
**Which projects?
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====By Region====
 
====By Region====
 
*Distance
 
*Distance
 
*Industrialization
 
*Industrialization
 
 
  
 
==Venue==
 
==Venue==

Revision as of 15:12, 2 June 2010

Attendance Projections

"Accurate" attendance projections are extremely important to the early success of a conference the size of FOSS4G.

Brain Storming

Correlating Factors

  • Economic Crisis

By Country

  • Population
  • Industrialization
    • GDP as proxy
  • Distance
    • Local vs. Distant
    • What is "local"?
  • Number of Code Contributors
    • Which projects?


By Region

  • Distance
  • Industrialization

Venue

One of the biggest decisions is what venue to hold the conference. Venues with larger capacities have a higher per-attendee cost. If we can come up with a reasonable range of number of attendees, we can make a better decision about the venue. The availability of a particular venue can also impact dates.

In Denver, there are several prospective venues:

Sponsorship