Work day or weekend?

[Carl-Johan Kihlbom]

We're just about 4 months away from January and I think we should try
to set a date and book a venue as soon as possible. A part of that
decision is whether to hold the conference during work days (like
RailsConf Europe) or a weekend (like MerbCamp).

Both choices have their pros and cons, here are some of them:

Work days:
+ People will probably rather sacrifice work time than free time
+ If in connection to a weekend, people can spend some extra time
touristing in the conference city

Weekend:
+ Companies are more likely to send their employees to the conference
since they don't lose work time
+ Might be easier to find a venue?

What are your thoughts?

/ CJ

[Jonas Nicklas]

Since you mentioned RunAn as a possible venue, I doubt that we'd be able to book that during the week. Also I think there might be enthusiasts who don't necessarily work with ruby, who'd like to attend, it would be easier for these people to come on a weekend.

/Jonas

[Marius Mårnes Mathiesen]

On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 12:23 AM, Carl-Johan Kihlbom <kih...@gmail.com> wrote:

A part of that decision is whether to hold the conference during work days (like
RailsConf Europe) or a weekend (like MerbCamp).

What are your thoughts?

I'd prefer it to happen on weekdays myself, but I realize for a lot of potential attendees Ruby is still a part-time joy - making it difficult to get time off to attend a conference. The Rubyfools happenings, however, were on weekdays, and that didn't seem to keep people from attending.

A somewhat hybrid solution could be having the event at the end of a work week. It seems Rubyconf does this, this year's Rubyconf seems to start on a thursday and run through to saturday. Could friday-saturday be a viable solution?

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[Carl-Johan Kihlbom]

On Sep 10, 2008, at 09:00, Marius Mårnes Mathiesen wrote:

> A somewhat hybrid solution could be having the event at the end of a
> work week. It seems Rubyconf does this, this year's Rubyconf seems
> to start on a thursday and run through to saturday. Could friday-
> saturday be a viable solution?

Yeah, that might be a nice compromise. Good idea.

[oc]

+1 for weekend or friday-saturday